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Written question asked by Lynne Jones (Labour) on Thursday, 30 March 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 April 2006. It was answered by Andy Burnham (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 April 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.

Biometric Data

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to page 10, point 1.2.2.3, first bullet point of the UKPS Biometrics Enrolment Trial, what percentage of (a) all participants and (b) disabled people were (i) not very and (ii) not at all concerned about having their biometrics recorded prior to enrolment, broken down by type of biometric.
Answer

The percentage of participants who were ““not very or not all”” concerned about having their biometrics recorded prior to enrolments is shown in the following table, broken down by type of biometric.

Iris image Facial image Fingerprint
Quota sample 90 91 91
Opportunistic sample 87 91 90
Disabled sample 84 90 89
(70) Representative cross-section of the UK population.
(71) Self-selected participants

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
445 c283W;445 c283W; 63594
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Databases Biometrics
Link
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