Written Question·Home Office·UIN 65298
Identity Cards
Tabled: 7 July 2025
Answered: 15 July 2025
Question
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Labour — Clapham and Brixton Hill
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made a recent estimate of the cost to the public purse of (a) implementing and (b) maintaining a national ID card scheme in each of the next ten years.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonThe Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration system under regular review, in consultation with a wide range of experts and stakeholders.