New UK Biometric Centre

The Home Office are planning to set up a new "Biometric Centre of Expertise" (who comes up with these names?).

Their Science and Innovation Strategy 2005-08 includes the oft repeated, wildly ambitious and completely fallacious claim that "The National Identity Card scheme will be a powerful tool to tackle identity theft, illegal working, terrorism and organised crime." It follows up later in the same paragraph (p14, para on "Identification") with "In recognition of its importance the Home Office is creating a Biometric Centre of Expertise within HOSDB." HOSDB stands for "Home Office Scientific Development Branch."