Black, disabled and older people had lower success rates for verification and enrolment under the biometric trial
More work is needed to test the biometric technology proposed for the identity card scheme after lower success rates were found in enrolling and verifying black, disabled and older people, according to the results of the government's trial.
The eight month pilot, run by the UK Passport Agency in 2004 and Atos Origin was not a technology trial, but was designed to test the processes and record "customer experience and attitude".