Re: insidious biometrics, identity crises

[Robin Berjon <robin.berjon@xxxxxxxxx>]

Simon Wilcox wrote:
> The government claims that an entitlement/identity card will cut down on
> benefit fraud. This is one of their biggest "selling" points. It would be
> interesting to compare the level of benefit fraud between countries with
> and without id cards.
>
> For instance, does France suffer a significantly lower instance of benefit 
> fraud than the UK and if so, is this solely attributable to the existence 
> of ID cards or are there other procedural explanations ?

I have no data on this point, but France does have a fairly notable level of 
fraud (though people normally get caught if they do it for a few years). Unless 
benefit fraud in the UK is enormously high, then I doubt it'll make much difference.

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