I did not say that the set-up costs would be absorbed in the £584 million; they are additional. The baseline for the UK Passport Service is included in the £584 million. I said that the increment—the additional amount in respect of ID cards—was in the region of £200 million a year. That is the increment for the annual running costs; the set-up costs will be much less than £584 million a year.
Identity Cards Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Andy Burnham
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 13 February 2006.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Identity Cards Bill.
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