National Identity Service

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Identity (Shahid Malik) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The sixth cost report of the National Identity Service is being laid before Parliament today. It sets out an estimate of the public expenditure likely to be incurred on the service over the next 10 years, in accordance with Section 37 of the Identity Cards Act 2006. It reports on developments over the past six months, since the fifth cost report was published on 6 November 2008. Copies of the report will be available in the Vote Office. In addition the House will wish to know that we are also publishing today the following three documents: The National Identity Service: Delivery Update: 2009, Identity Cards Act Secondary Legislation: A Response to the Consultation, and Identity Cards Act Secondary Legislation: An Impact Assessment. Copies of these documents will be placed in the Vote Office and the Libraries of both Houses.