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bellinghman ([personal profile] bellinghman) wrote2010-05-27 10:42 am

A very expensive piece of plastic

The ID card scheme has so far cost £250M.

15,000 cards have been issued.

The scheme is now to be scrapped.

It would have cost less to issue those people cars instead.

(Average price for a new car in 2008 was £14K . Cost per card was nearly £17K.)