Home Office seeks £12.8m facial recognition system
Department publishes pre-tender on behalf of the Identity and Passport Service
May 2012
Potential identity assurance suppliers receive invitation to tender
Government says service 'closer to market' after a selection of suppliers pass pre-qualification questionnaire stage
February 2012
IRIS eye-scanners scrapped by two UK airports
UK Border Agency puts multimillion-pound system under review after Manchester and Birmingham airports scrap the technology
December 2011
DWP pulls back identity services tender
Transport for London tests travel card market
Post Office wins biometric collection contract
Police search for portable forensic technology
October 2011
NICE tenders for access and identity management system
Committee highlights 'concerns' about Freedoms Bill
September 2011
Kenneth Clarke to expand electronic tagging
Security companies to bid for contracts worth more than £1bn under justice secretary's plans to expand electronic tagging of offenders
Met Police to harness facial recognition technology
Bernard Hogan-Howe outlines Metropolitan Police plans to use technology to tackle crime in London
Government talks to big players about ID assurance
Vodafone, Visa, Sky and Post Office in talks with government about digital identity assurance project
August 2011
e-Borders still live
Home Office disclaims reports that programme has been closed
July 2011
NHS Scotland rolls out single sign-on solution
Police to retain DNA profiles of innocent people
New facial recognition scanners to be introduced at Heathrow
Home Office plans to sharpen biometric checks
March 2011
Government details ID card compensation for suppliers
DNA policy 'impossible to defend' say MPs
February 2011
Passport swap couple walk through airport scanners
The Home Office has confirmed that facial recognition gates at Manchester airport were temporarily suspended after the technology failed to detect a couple who had swapped passports
