What are the benefits of the National Identity Scheme?
Some facts and figures
Identity fraud has cost the UK over £1.7 billion (source
details).
CIFAS, the UK’s Fraud Prevention Service, recorded 67,406 victims of identity fraud in 2006, up from 56,200 in 2005. Since 2000 almost 282,300 victims of identity fraud have been registered by CIFAS (source details).
Over 10,000 fraudulent passport applications each year (source
details).
430,000 illegal migrants could be living in the UK (source
details).
Between £20 million and £50 million of identity-related
benefit fraud is committed each year (source
details).
