The A to Z of ID cards

F is for Forgery

If the security of the ID card enrolment process can be broken and fraudsters are issued with genuine ID cards, it would undermine the effectiveness of the system. A similar problem would arise if fraudsters are able to manufacture cards that can pass as genuine.

Already former MI5 chief Dame Stella Rimington has warned that nobody in the security services would be pushing for the cards because they could be forged.

But forged identity cards will be "ineffective" because they won't be able to be verified through the central identity database, the government has insisted.

A is for Act
B is for Biometrics
C is for Compulsory
D is for Data privacy worries
E is for EDS
F is for Forgery
G is for Government IT
H is for Home Office
I is for Identity and Passport Service
J is for Jury
K is for Hong Kong
L is for London School of Economics
M is for Money
N is for National Identity Register
O is for Other cards
P is for Passports
Q is for Quarter
R is for Refuseniks
S is for Self-destruct
T is for Terrorist
U is for Utility bill
V is for Verification
W is for When
X is for Xenophobia
Y is for Young people
Z is for London Zoo