Well it seems the government has confirmed it will be junking the National ID Card project within 100 days, along with the National Identity Register (and on top of that – the next-generation Biometric Passport).
For those 15000 fools citizens people victims registraints of the ID card, yes, you have a non refundable £30 lump of plastic that might be a collectors item one day.Or to quote Theresa May, said ID card holders would at least have a “souvenir” of the scheme
For travel purposes, with the the withdrawal of the scheme means one simple thing: your card will NOT be a valid form of identity to travel in and out of the country.
UK Border and Airport officials will still accept them, however when the abolition date of them is confirmed, it’ll be confirmed in writing.
It’s important to note whilst the National ID Card Scheme is coming to an end, the scheme operated by UK Borders (The Biometric Resident Permit)will be continue to expand covering areas such as have migrant workers, foreign students and family members from outside the European Economic Area. .
GhettoIFE.com will keep you posted on when the cards finally are deemed “invalid for travel”
So that will be about £17,000 per card issued, plus the Identity Commissioner's costs of £39 per card (to make sure the IPS didn't do anything naughty). On the basis that each card holder will be lucky to have used their cards 10 times (they are, after all, of little practical value) each time a card was waved at somebody to verify identity cost the taxpayer paid £1,700. Does not seem worth it!The biometric card scheme for non-EU nationals needs to be scrapped as well. This is for two reasons. The first is that they are unnecessary, absent a national identity card. Every other country in the world puts visas in passports, where they are meant to go, not on separate plastic cards. The second is that retaining this system means the government will still have the guts of a national ID card system. A new totalitarian government could easily build on this system to force everyone to have an ID card. The whole thing needs to be dismantled, not just parts of it.