O escritório Home retarda o rollout do cartão do ID enquanto o estudo independente do Tesouraria recomenda a execução rápida

A falha do governo fazer exame na placa das recomendações de relatórios independentes no esquema nacional do cartão de identidade pode conduzir às falhas e o custo extra, adverte peritos.

Última semana, a secretária home Jacqui Smith anunciou plantas para um rollout mais lento do programa de cartões de £5.4bn ID, com o controle de retenção do governo do registo nacional da identidade.

Mas em a relatório Tesouraria-comissão, liberado também última semana, o senhor anterior James Crosby do executivo principal de HBOS recomenda uma aproximação fundamental diferente, consumidor-conduzida.

“Nossa identidade pertence-nos, ninguém mais,” disseram Crosby.

“The potential of any mass ID system such as ID cards lies in the extent to which it is created, by consumers for consumers.”

There are many reasons why the government may have ignored the Crosby report ­ which has been delayed by almost a year and was released through the Treasury web site ­ said Eric Woods, analyst at Ovum.

“Crosby’s recommendations on reaching a critical mass of card users quickly were always going to be unlikely due to the political and technical realities of the scheme,” he said.

Smith has delayed compulsory adoption of ID cards when renewing passports amid widespread criticism of the plan.

Crosby’s other recommendations ­ which were ignored by the government ­ include:

- ID cards should be free.

- The scheme should be subject to review by the information commissioner.

- Information should not be passed on to the police from the national identity register.

The government denies any Whitehall disagreement over ID cards. “The home secretary has talked to Sir James Crosby on each point of his report ­ there is no disagreement between the Home Office and the Treasury over the scheme,” said a home office spokesman.

The government previously ignored the recommendations of a London School of Economics (LSE) report in 2005, which said the scheme could cost £19.2bn, said Ian Angell, professor of information systems at LSE.

“The government only listens to what it wants to hear ­ current proposals are technically unsound and do not have public confidence,” he said.

Tom Young

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