"Since 20 October, and up to and including 16 January, over 3,700 applicants have been enrolled or have made an enrolment appointment for an identity card."
Yesterday Meg Hillier revealed that:
"as of 3 March 2010 there have been 4,307 applications for identity cards from people living in the north-west of England, including Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Merseyside, Lancashire and Cumbria."
So in the seven weeks between these two answers a maximum of 606 applications were made, that's 86 a week or under 14.5 a day (assuming a six day week). At that rate the whole UK would be signed up in around 13,500 years, which oddly enough is when Gordon Brown's legacy of debt will be paid off.
Not saying I disagree with your opposition to ID cards -- I don't. And I haven't checked your maths. But you seem to be comparing apples to oranges. Or at least Mr Postman's 3,700 for the whole of the country, with Mystic meg's 4,307 for oop North.
ReplyDeleteShome mistake, shurely....
I think you will find that the trial is only running in the North West so the figures are comparable.
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