Results 1-20 of 26 for id cards speaker:Meg Hillier

Identity Cards (11 Mar 2009)

Meg Hillier: ...) has raised this debate. Unbelievably, this is actually the first time that I have had the chance to debate the matter as the Minister responsible since I was appointed to take responsibility for ID cards in July 2007. I very much welcome his calm and rational discussion of some important points. My hon. Friend was right to highlight the fact that during the process of the legislation and...

Written Answers — Home Department: Identity Cards (23 Feb 2009)

Meg Hillier: It was announced in November that we wanted to find a way to give members of the public who already see the benefits of ID cards a chance to get one this year. The Identity and Passport Service have been working hard to make this happen and will launch a website on DirectGov in the next few months. The site will give the public a wealth of information about how to best prove and protect their...

Identity Cards (Welsh Language) (3 Feb 2009)

Meg Hillier: ...under your chairmanship, Mr. Hancock. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Llanelli (Nia Griffith) for securing this debate on the important issue of the inclusion of Welsh text on UK identity cards. It is fitting that we are having the debate today after what was a historic day yesterday in the history of the Welsh language, with the introduction of the Welsh language LCO by...

Written Answers — Home Department: Identity Cards: Welsh Language (14 Jan 2009)

Meg Hillier: Ministers are involved in discussions from time to time on many different aspects of the National Identity Scheme, including the format of the identity card. The initial cards issued to British citizens, starting in the second half of 2009 to airside workers at a small number of airports, including Manchester and London City airports, will have headings in English and French. This is in line...

Written Answers — Home Department: Identity Cards: Biometrics (26 Nov 2008)

Meg Hillier: Schedule 1 of the Identity Cards Act 2006 already sets out the information that may be held on the National Identity Register, including biometric information such as fingerprints. Secondary legislation under the Identity Cards Act 2006 is currently being prepared for the introduction of identity cards to airside workers starting in the second half of 2009. On 21 November we published the...

Written Ministerial Statements — Home Department: Justice and Home Affairs Council (20 Nov 2008)

Meg Hillier: ...Switzerland. During the Mixed Committee Switzerland's accession to Schengen will be discussed. The UK supports Swiss accession into the Schengen area. There will also be a presentation by the presidency on the second generation Schengen information system (SIS II) in order to update member states on progress. At the Council meeting Gilles de Kerchove, the counter-terrorism co-ordinator,...

Written Answers — Home Department: Identity Cards: Biometrics (17 Nov 2008)

Meg Hillier: Verification checks of biometrics identifiers will be made against the card in most cases using the biometrics stored in the chip, for example if the facial image or fingerprint biometrics are verified as part of an immigration check at the border. Only in specific circumstances, for example if an ID card has been lost, would verification of identity take place against the biometrics held on...

Written Answers — Home Department: Identity Cards (6 Nov 2008)

Meg Hillier: Correspondence received regarding the national identity scheme is not recorded as being in support of or in opposition to identity cards. The volume of correspondence on the national identity scheme is recorded each month. The detail of the correspondence received is recorded by theme. The list of themes is not exhaustive and can be added to as required. One letter can generate multiple...

Written Answers — Home Department: Identity Cards: Ireland (6 Oct 2008)

Meg Hillier: The National Identity Scheme will be available to people aged 16 years and above who legally reside or work in the UK. In the second half of 2009, we will start to issue cards to British and foreign nationals including European Economic Area citizens including Irish nationals working in sensitive roles or locations, starting with airport workers. Irish citizens who have dual British/Irish...

Written Answers — Home Department: Identity Cards: Finance (1 Sep 2008)

Meg Hillier: The Cost Report has set out those elements of the cost estimates that relate specifically to passports, those cost estimates specific to identity cards, and those cost estimates that are common to both. The cost of registering individuals for passports and ID cards is included in common costs because the same technology infrastructure and business processes will be used. In many cases, the...

Written Answers — Home Department: Identity and Passport Service: Glasgow (26 Jun 2008)

Meg Hillier: The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) modelled in detail the numbers and types of staff likely to be needed to undertake the back office operations from now until post 2017. This showed that, despite increasing volume from ID card demand, there will be a reduction in traditional examining and related production and customer support posts in IPS, due to the process efficiencies to be...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Identity Fraud (9 Jun 2008) has video

Meg Hillier: We estimate that ID cards will prevent at least £310 million of ID fraud as they are implemented. Clearly, the benefits of the ID card scheme will increase as take-up increases after the 2011 roll-out to the general population.

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Identity Fraud (9 Jun 2008) has video

Meg Hillier: The Government's position on compulsion is absolutely clear and has been from the moment the ID card scheme was first mooted. We believe that once ID cards have been rolled out to the general population, and then only if there is wide acceptance of the scheme, the Government of the day could make a proposal to Parliament to vote on whether ID cards should be compulsory, but there are no plans...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Identity Fraud (9 Jun 2008) has video

Meg Hillier: ...in that way. Let me make it really clear, if it was not clear already: the legislation that has passed through the House makes it absolutely clear that there is no compulsion to carry an ID card. Furthermore, section 13 of the Identity Cards Act 2006 prohibits the presentation of the card specially to access a public service. There is a difference, however, for foreign national identity...

Written Answers — Home Department: Identity Cards: Students (27 Mar 2008)

Meg Hillier: The National Identity Scheme Delivery Plan published on 6 March 2008 and available on the Identity and Passport Service website: http://www.ips.gov.uk/identity/downloads/national-identity-s cheme-delivery-2008.pdf set out our plans for issuing identity cards on a voluntary basis to young people from 2010. Identity cards will provide many advantages to young people who wish to prove their...

Written Answers — Home Department: Identity Cards: Consultants (4 Feb 2008)

Meg Hillier: Between the financial years 2003-04 and 2005-06, £41.1 million was spent by the Identity Cards Programme in total. Of this expenditure, £31.6 million was spent on consulting and contracting services and £180,000 was spent on polling and opinion research. Since the merger of the Home Office Identity Cards Programme and the UK Passport Service to create the Identity and Passport...

Written Answers — Home Department: Personal Records (4 Feb 2008)

Meg Hillier: Section 2(5) of the Identity Cards Act 2006 requires that a unique number, the National Identity Registration Number, is given to each individual who is registered on the National Identity Register and issued with an ID card. Subject to parliamentary approval and regulations it would then be possible for the National Identity Registration Number to become used as a general identifier, in...

Written Answers — Home Department: Foreigners: NHS (7 Jan 2008)

Meg Hillier: ID cards issued under the UK Borders Act to non-EU citizens will record an individual's immigration status, indicating whether the person has limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain. It will not contain details of the individual's right to NHS services. Where a person has no recourse to public funds, the card will have the statement "no recourse to public funds". The criteria...

Written Answers — Home Department: Identity Cards (7 Jan 2008)

Meg Hillier: The Strategic Action Plan for the National Identity Scheme, published in December 2006, set out the Government's plans to provide more secure and reliable methods of proving identity, including the introduction of ID cards. The plans are for the Border and Immigration Agency to begin issuing identity cards to foreign nationals from 2008 and for the Identity and Passport Service to begin...

Written Answers — Home Department: Identity Cards (17 Dec 2007)

Meg Hillier: the latest six monthly Identity Cards Scheme Cost Report, published on 8 November 2007, sets out those elements of the cost estimates that relate specifically to passports, those specific to identity cards and those that are common to both. The cost of registering individuals for passports and ID cards is included in common costs because the same technology infrastructure and business...