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The Government's decision to introduce a national Identity Cards Scheme was announced in the Queen's Speech on 17 May 2005 and the Identity Cards Bill was reintroduced to Parliament.http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills.htmhttp://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills.htmhttp://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills.htm

* Identity Cards Video
* Identity Cards Bill and Explanatory Notes
* Regulatory Impact Assessment ( PDF File size 322kb)
* Race Equality Impact Assessment ( PDF File size 526kb)
* ID Cards Briefing ( PDF File size 487kb)

* Press Release

* The Government has produced a response to the London School of Economics 'ID Cards Costs Estimates and Alternative Blueprint' Home Office Response to LSE Alternative Blueprint ( PDF File size 627kb)

The UK Passport Service Biometrics Enrolment Trial report was published on 25 May. The trial gave more than 10,000 people across the country the opportunity to experience face, fingerprint and iris enrolment, sought their views on the experience, and surveyed their attitudes towards the use of biometrics.
The full report. is available for download here as well as a management summary.

* UKPS Biometrics Enrolment Trial Summary ( PDF File size 1,350kb)
* UKPS Biometrics Enrolment Trial Full Report( PDF File size 3,708kb)

The UKPS trials is now completed and we will announce the details of any further arrangements for volunteers for future trials on this website.

Further information can also be found on the Publications archive page

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