1000 days and still waiting
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007A feasibility study of ID cards. As the government’s going ahead with ID cards, it must have been positive, right? (well, assuming logic prevails in government…)
So why has it been 1000 days since a Freedom of Information request was submitted for the so-called “gateway review” of the scheme?
Spyblog and former Lib Dem Shadow Home Secretary Mark Oaten both asked for these documents - and our requests, complaints, appeals, yada yada have been handled together.
So far the legal costs have been £60,000 but with a QC on board, expect them to spiral.
And all this to cover up what - surely - must have been a glowing report encouraging the government to plunge ahead into spending the £100,000 a day they’re now pouring into the project.
Or could it be it wasn’t such a positive report?
Hopefully the Information Commissioner will prevail in the ongoing appeals and some day we’ll know…
