Cost of abandoned ID Card scheme

Paul Perrin made this Freedom of Information request to Home Office

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From: Paul Perrin

30 June 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please can you detail the total cost of the governments attempt to
introduce ID cards.

I am most interested in the head line figure, but the more detail
that can be provided on where and when the costs were incurred the
better. (i.e. if ID cards had never been proposed vs what the
taxpayer has financed to date, also the rising cost each time the
government made another statement
in support of id cards against public opinion)

Also, can you tell me of any work that has gone into reviewing past
statements made in by the government regarding ID Cards, and any
work that has gone into preparing responses should any past
statements be raised in questioning the new home secretary.

Yours faithfully,

Paul Perri

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From: Reid Hazel

6 July 2009


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Dear Mr Perrin
Thank you for your email of 30 June. Please see the attached
acknowledgement.

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From: Paul Perrin

6 July 2009

Hi Hazel,

Sorry - there was no acknowledgement attached to your email!

I think the email is enough to acknowledge receipt, but if there is
an official form, you need to send - you'll need to try again.

Cheers

Paul

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From: HQ Enquiries

8 July 2009


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Dear Mr Perrin

The acknowledgement is below and I can find no evidence of the
transmission failing in any way. However, just in case it happens again
, please note your reference number: 12315/09 and target date for the IPS
response to you: 31 July 2009 .

Many thanks

H Reid
Identity and Passport Service

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Ganesh Sittampalam left an annotation ( 9 July 2009)

I think the acknowledgement was present in the initial response email, but the whatdotheyknow "quoted sections" detector is a bit overagressive. You can find it by following the "Show quoted sections" link.

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From: HQ Enquiries

24 August 2009


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Dear Mr Perrin,

Please find below response to your email of 30 June.

Yours faithfully,

On behalf of James Hall, Chief Executive and Registrar General

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