To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much additional data storage will be required to administer the national identity card database. (185514)

Until the national identity scheme is up and running it is too soon to determine the amount, if any, of additional storage that will be required to administer the national identity scheme. The information that may be recorded on the national identity register is set out in section 3 and schedule 1 of the Identity Cards Act 2006.