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Originally Posted by garinda
As for the economic viability of the introduction of identity cards, before I could make an informed decision I would need to know how many millions of pound were being paid to fraudulent claimants of social security benefits, and how soon the cost of the card's introduction would have paid for itself, by the money saved from not paying those illegal claimants.
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Benefit fraud (and error) costs us £2.6 billion according to recent statistics. The government figures show 95% of benefit fraud is by fraudulent circumstances, not identity. This means we would make a maximum saving of £130 million. That would cover the £20 billion cost in
around 150 years time.