Identity Cards in the UK

This Lords Library briefing provides background information ahead of the debate in the House of Lords scheduled for 14 January 2016 on the 'potential use of identity documentation in dealing with the challenges of assuring the identity of individuals'. It does this through a short chronology of the history of ID cards in the UK over the last century. It then provides more information about two key pieces of legislation: the Identity Cards Act 2006 and the Identity Documentation Act 2010.