Home Department written question – answered at on 26 January 2005.
Mr Denzil Davies
Labour, Llanelli
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which EU member states require their citizens to possess identity cards.
Des Browne
Minister of State (Citizenship, Immigration and Counter-Terrorism), Home Office, Minister of State (Home Office) (Citizenship, Immigration and Nationality)
holding answer
Of the 25 EU member states, 21 have identity cards; 12 have a compulsory system and nine have a voluntary system. The 12 countries which have a compulsory system are: Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Spain.
Yes1 person thinks so
No1 person thinks not
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