Report - Guardian

302 The LSE Identity Project Report: June 2005National Identity RegisterSystem Contract over 10-year period (database only)Includes- Research, analysis and development of system- Security assessment and certification- Hardware and software costs- Replacement hardware, software, updates, dealing withsystem down-times and failure, recertification- IT Department operational costs- Risk margin 298 298 429Deployment and Adaptation of Systems- Establishing ‘pull’ from various Government systemsrequired for basic information verification- Adaptation of first-round Government systems for‘push’ of information, in accordance with the Bill(various Home Office information systems, PoliceDatabases, Department of Work and Pensions systems) 1261 1871 2481Total cost of National Identity Register Infrastructure 1559 2169 2910Managing the National Identity SystemEnrolment of UK population, including- Set up costs- Planning and logistics (policies, practices, audits) 208 213 556Running costs (maintenance, overheads)- Property leasing and mobile registration centres- Property servicing charges 608 810 1013Updating information- Changing information on the registry due to change ofcircumstances- Verifying individual’s prior circumstances throughverification of biometrics at a registration centre- Verification of the veracity of the new information 203 540 675Servicing verification- Verification queries from a variety of public sectororganisations, in accordance with the Bill- Verification queries from employers- Call centre management 203 540 1013Verifying biographical footprint of enrolees- Contacting various public sector databases- Contracts with private sector data aggregators and creditbureaux- Document vetting and verification- Verification of individual’s prior circumstances,including through verification of biometrics atregistration centre- Verification of the veracity of the corrected information 675 878 1013Correction of entries in the National Identity Register, including- Policies, procedures, and documentation- Regular data integrity checks and compliance with DataProtection Act (including servicing of Subject AccessRequests) 53 75 113Enforcing enrolment of the UK population 65 130 195Re-enrolment for altered biometrics- Verifying prior information- Collecting new biometrics- Audit 203 405 675Identifying and policing fraud 43 67 88Total cost of managing the National Identity System 2261 3658 5341