SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS: FOREIGN NATIONALS

Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what consideration has been given to the use of a national identity card system for determining eligibility for receipt of welfare payments. [184120]

Esther McVey, Minister of State for Employment: No consideration has been given to the use of a national identity card system for determining eligibility for receipt of welfare payments, as there are no plans to introduce national identity cards.

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