Cost plan for ID cards approved / Contractor UK, 10 Nov 2005

Cost plan for ID cards approved :: Contractor UK: "The £5.8million proposed costs of the national identity cards scheme are 'robust and appropriate' according to independent research commissioned by the government, but concerns over the implied cost of the technology remain. In its report on the Outline Business Case for the ID cards programme, the consultant KPMG concluded the majority of 36 cost assumptions used by the Home Office are based on suitable benchmarks, evidence and analysis from public sector suppliers. The report, which probed principles, processes and standards used by the Home Office, effectively green lights cost in four key areas of the nationwide programme, which collectively accounts for 60 per cent of the forecast budget."