To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent estimate she has made of the cost of introducing identity cards for foreign nationals in the UK. (203941)

The latest estimate for the cost of introducing identity cards for foreign nationals is planned to be published on 6 May 2008 in the document ‘Identity Cards Act 2006—Section 37 Report to Parliament about the Likely Costs of the ID Cards Scheme’. The document will be available to Members in the parliamentary Libraries.

This report is published every six months and contains the most recent estimate for the costs of introducing identity cards for foreign nationals.