Comments on: Home Office minister to take part in ID card webchat http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2009-11/home-office-minister-to-take-part-in-id-card-webchat/ The latest on Identity Cards and Databases in the UK Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:28:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Simon http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2009-11/home-office-minister-to-take-part-in-id-card-webchat/comment-page-1/#comment-143592 Simon Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:01:35 +0000 http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/?p=1616#comment-143592 I was in the web chat and although I must have typed in at least 8 questions, only one made it through after 44 minutes, and it was the least challenging one; relating to what are the success criteria for the pilot? Having been back to the site today I can see other people stating basically the same thing. The interesting bits for me were the announcements that: 1) Manchester is no longer considered a trial, it is being treated as the first wave in a project that is basically live nationally. 2) ID cards will be funded entirely from the charges made to obtain them (although she didn't detail how many cards would have to be sold to achieve this). That and the usual guff that the ID card database will be secure and not available to anyone except under extenuating circumstances; presumably this is because the government's bid to share all data under clause 152 in the Coroners and Justice Bill has already been quashed. So more of a "till next time" really. The other interesting bit of information was as Dave stated above, the 96% NO vote. We may not have achieved much with our questions (those that made it through), but at least we stopped the government being able to use this webchat in their future PR (probably) I was in the web chat and although I must have typed in at least 8 questions, only one made it through after 44 minutes, and it was the least challenging one; relating to what are the success criteria for the pilot?

Having been back to the site today I can see other people stating basically the same thing.

The interesting bits for me were the announcements that:

1) Manchester is no longer considered a trial, it is being treated as the first wave in a project that is basically live nationally.
2) ID cards will be funded entirely from the charges made to obtain them (although she didn’t detail how many cards would have to be sold to achieve this).

That and the usual guff that the ID card database will be secure and not available to anyone except under extenuating circumstances; presumably this is because the government’s bid to share all data under clause 152 in the Coroners and Justice Bill has already been quashed. So more of a “till next time” really.

The other interesting bit of information was as Dave stated above, the 96% NO vote. We may not have achieved much with our questions (those that made it through), but at least we stopped the government being able to use this webchat in their future PR (probably)

]]> By: Dave http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2009-11/home-office-minister-to-take-part-in-id-card-webchat/comment-page-1/#comment-143588 Dave Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:13:24 +0000 http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/?p=1616#comment-143588 I've just read the transcript of the webchat and there wasn't anything there that hadsn't already been said before. The questions weren't challenging in any way, the responses just reiterating the current PR sound bites. A poor performance from the junior minister. They did run a survey: Would you get an ID card? Result: 96% no, 4% yes. I’ve just read the transcript of the webchat and there wasn’t anything there that hadsn’t already been said before. The questions weren’t challenging in any way, the responses just reiterating the current PR sound bites. A poor performance from the junior minister. They did run a survey: Would you get an ID card? Result: 96% no, 4% yes.

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