ID Card cost already £32m!!

5.51.33pm UTC (GMT +0000) Thu 23rd Feb 2006

Return of the identity card

Liberal Democrat Question have revealed that the Government has already spent £32m preparing for its ID card scheme even before it becomes law. Spending on preparation for ID cards rose from £25,000 to £63,000 a day in the last six months of 2005, the Home Office said.

Alistair Carmichael, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson on ID Cards commenting on the figures said "It is completely unacceptable to forge ahead on a scheme which will radically alter British society without the approval of MPs. The government persistently and wrongly claims that a majority of people want ID cards when it is quite clear that there is major disquiet in the country on this issue."