Editing Citizen Information Project (section)

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In the [[United Kingdom]], the '''Citizen Information Project''' ('''CIP''') was a plan by the [[Office for National Statistics]] to build a national population register.

On 18 April 2006 it was announced that instead of continuing as a separate project, it would be integrated into the [[National Identity Register]], the database behind the proposed national identity cards. It has been estimated that this might add £200 million to the cost of the identity cards.<ref>{{cite news|work=The Guardian|title='Big Brother' scheme axed|author=Alan Travis|date=19 April 2006|accessdate=26 October 2018|url=http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labour/story/0,,1756464,00.html}}</ref> The National Identity Register was destroyed as the [[Identity Cards Act 2006]] was repealed in 2011.