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Identity Cards Bill

I thank my hon. Friend for that reassurance. The total quantified financial benefits are estimated by the Home Office—anyone is welcome to challenge the figures, but it is significant that in six hours of debate few Members have chosen to do so—to be £1.1 billion. That figure, as I said, was agreed with the banks and the organisations that will use the scheme. More than half the expected savings are expected to come from savings on ID fraud alone, and they will amount to £570 million. The more efficient running of public services will account for £385 million—£85 million from the reduction in crime and only £39 million from the reduction in immigration offences.