Expenditure on consultancies by the Home Office and the United Kingdom Passport Service (up to 31 March 2006) and the Identity and Passport Service (from 1 April 2006) was as follows:
Identity cards (includes identity management) e-passports 2003-04 232 467 2004-05 9,207 1,752 2005-06 21,148 2,319 2006-07 (April to June) 4,764 371