Identification Cards for EU and EAA citizens

Dear Identity & Passport Service,

This is a Freedom of Information request.

On Thursday 4 February 2010, as reported by Lords Hansard, Lord
West stated that:

"Since 20 October 2009, and up to and including 23 January 2010,
over 4,300 applicants have been enrolled or have made an enrolment
appointment for an identity card. Of these applicants over 3,000
have been issued with a national identity card."

1) Please could you tell me how many of those enrolled on the
register during that period were EU or EEA citizens who don't also
have British Citizenship.

2) Of the above, how many have been issued with the Identification
Card (the one that is "not a travel document").

3) Assuming any cards have been issued, is the picture of the
Identification Card on your 'Types of identity card' page:

http://www.ips.gov.uk/cps/rde/xchg/ips_l...

an accurate reproduction of the card being issued (it includes the
word "TEST", which suggests it might not have been the final design
that you went with).

4) If you have not issued any of these card yet, when do you expect
to start?

Thank you for your help with this.

Yours faithfully,

Jonathan Clift

Dear IPS Freedom of Information Team,

Thank you for your reply to my FOI request (FOICR 13956/10).

Could you clarify your answer to question 2, please?

I asked you how many of those enrolled had been issued with an
Identification Card.

You replied:

"32 Plain (Identification cards) were printed."

What does "Plain" mean in this context? And, in the world of IPS,
do you really say "printed" when you mean "issued"? I would prefer
a straightforward answer to the question, if you could manage it.

Yours faithfully,

Jonathan Clift

Dear IPS,

Thank you for your clarification.

Yours faithfully,

Jonathan Clift