Written question asked by Peter L Pike (Labour) on Friday, 14 November 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 November 2003. It was answered by Baroness Hughes of Stretford (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 November 2003 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from (a) police authorities and (b) other interested parties on the introduction of identity cards, with particular reference to the effect on under-age drinking; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figure and ref to "Identity Cards - A Summary of Findings from the Consultation Exercise on Entitlement Cards and Identity Fraud" (CM 6019).

Answer: Mr. Pike: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from (a) police authorities and (b) other interested parties on the introduction of identity cards, with particular reference to the effect on under-age drinking; and if he will make a statement. [139440] Beverley Hughes: "Identity Cards--A Summary of Findings from the Consultation Exercise on Entitlement Cards and Identity Fraud" (CM 6019) was published on 11 November 2003 and gives a summary of the comments received from organisations and from the public on identity cards. It records (at page 111) that police organisations considered that an identity card scheme would assist licensees to control the sale of age related products and (at page 39) that 6 per cent. of members of the public who were surveyed and were in favour of identity cards gave "to stop under-age drinking" as a reason.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 413 c830W; 139440
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Crime prevention Alcoholic drinks Identity cards Misuse Sales Young people
Contains statistics: Yes
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