... The government is considering splitting the central population register, at the core of the Home Office's biometricidentity card programme, into smaller databases that could be operated by several different companies. The plan is designed...
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/03/28/215042/news-in-brief.htm
...s news Government puts IDcards proposal on hold The government is to shelve plans to introduce a national biometricidentity card until after the election, it emerged last week. The Identity Cards Bill, which was due to pass through...
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2005/03/08/208691/in-brief.htm