To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether foreign nationals who require a biometric immigration document will have their details entered onto the National Identity Register. (181669)

Foreign nationals’ details will not be recorded on the National Identity Register until biometric immigration documents are designated under the Identity Cards Act 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which pieces of information to be included on identity cards for British nationals are included on biometric immigration documents for foreign nationals; and if she will make a statement. (181670)

The precise information to be recorded on an identity card issued to British citizens will be prescribed in regulations to be approved by Parliament under section 6 of the Identity Cards Act 2006. There will be some core identity information that will be common to both the identity card for British citizens and the biometric immigration document for foreign nationals, such as photograph of the holder, name and date of birth. However, the biometric immigration document will also include details of the holder’s immigration status, as well as whether employment is allowed or restricted, and if the holder is entitled to public funds, which would not appear on the cards for British citizens.