Mr. Tim Duggan:

In 2004, the Government tasked an interdepartmental group with developing the standard. The standard developed was the SAFE set of standards, from levels 0 to 3. That was presented to Government in 2005. The Government accepted the framework and, as part of that decision, it set SAFE level 2 as the standard for card programmes in the future and for accessing public services. In 2013, I think - I will try to dig out the exact Government decision and we will get it to the committee afterwards - the Government said the public services card and SAFE infrastructure should be used for all government services and public bodies where possible by 2016. That was the ambitious target the Government set. While that has not been fully achieved, it is being rolled out, as the Chairman knows. That was the Government decision in 2013.