UK ID Card Survey: Insights on Fraud Prevention and Immigration Views

Forty per cent of silicon.com readers are vehemently opposed to the introduction of compulsory ID cards - yet the majority are in favour, as long as they help crack down on benefit fraud, illegal immigration and other crime. . . . Forty per cent of silicon.com readers are vehemently opposed to the introduction of compulsory ID cards - yet the majority are in favour, as long as they help crack down on benefit fraud, illegal immigration and other crime.

Of those in favour of the cards a staggering 82.9 per cent of the 1,500 respondents to a silicon.com survey conducted over the past week said they believe the cards will cut down on benefit fraud. More than two thirds (67 per cent) said they believe the cards will cut down on illegal immigration.

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