Cayce Pollard

Email: [email address]

Reference: FOICR 9032/08

Date: 4 March 2008

Dear Ms Pollard,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your email of 26 February requesting information on the total expenditure to date on management consultants in connection with the National Identity Scheme. You also asked for a list of the three companies that have received the most money.

Your request is being handled in accordance with the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

We aim to send you a substantive reply to your request within 20 working days of our receiving it on 28 February 2008. Therefore you should receive a substantive response by 31 March 2008.

If you have any queries regarding the handling of your information request please do not hesitate to contact us.

Yours faithfully,

On behalf of the Identity and Passport Service

For advice on how and where to obtain a passport,

call the Passport Adviceline on 0870 521 0410

(24 hours a day, 7 days a week).

You can also email [email address]

or visit www.ips.gov.uk

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