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The cards and database will record biometric data. It is expected that by 2013 up to 80% of the working population will have some kind of biometric identity document, with the cards becoming compulsory then. The cost is currently estimated by the government at up to 3.1 billion pounds.
The announcement of the scheme followed a public consultation; the government has been criticised for ignoring the overwhelming majority of those replying who stated that they did not want national identity cards. The government claimed that negative online responses through a single portal site represented one lobby group so treated them as one reply.
National opinion polls suggest that the public are generally supportive of the scheme in principle if the Cards are free. However a majority also believe that their data will be illegally disclosed and nearly half are unwilling to pay the proposed fee of £35. In addition the polls consistently predict that around three million people would refuse any ID Card on principle. The general trend of the polls is that the more detail people are given about the plan the less they support it.
Public opinion on the issue varies considerably across the UK. The 2004 State of the Nation poll [1] by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust showed that opinion in Scotland was far less supportive than that in the rest of the UK.
The latest interest in the scheme by David Blunkett followed the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack on the New York World Trade Center, but was generally opposed by cabinet colleagues.
As a result of the opposition, by February 2002 the original proposal had been downgraded to an "entitlement card", to be used to obtain social securitySocial security sometimes also called social welfare is a duty of the state to provide its citizens with a minimal access to basic necessities things such as food, education and medical care. It is defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1 services. However ongoing discussions led to the inclusion of the original national identity scheme in the NovemberNovember is also the letter N in the NATO phonetic alphabet. November is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 30 days. From the Latin novem for " nine". It was originally the ninth month of the year in the early Roman calendar, w 2003 Queen's SpeechQueen Beatrix of The Netherlands reads her country's Speech from the Throne The Speech from the Throne sometimes referred to by the shorter term Throne Speech is an event in certain monarchies in which the monarch (or a represenative) reads a prepared spe, despite doubts over the ability of the scheme to prevent terrorismTerrorism refers to the use of violence against noncombatants for the purpose of achieving a political, religious or socio-economic goal. Terrorist acts can be carried out by individuals or groups, and are sometimes sponsored by governments as an alternat.
The ID Card scheme will be backed up by a centralised National Identity Register (NIR). Many people argue that the NIR is more of a threat to privacyPrivacy is the ability of a person to control the availability of information about and exposure of him- or herself. It is related to being able to function in society anonymously (including pseudonymous or blind credential identification). According to E and civil libertiesCivil liberties are protections from the power of governments. Examples include freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and trial by jury. These are usually created and protected by a constitution. See also human rights, civil rights. All western democrac than the ID Cards themselves.
The NIR will contain a huge amount of information on every British citizen, including current and all previous addresses. Failure to inform the Government of a change of address or other personal details will result in a fine of £1000. There will be an audit trail that records when and where the Card was used.
Perhaps most controversially of all individuals will have no right to see or correct information held about them on the NIR.
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