Lord Mandelson is pleased that the roll-out of ID cards and the fingerprinting of people with state surveillance technology can form part of the Post Office modernisation program. Holding the CWU over a barrel with the promise that scanning non-eaa foreign nationals, students and other groups made up of Ethnic Minorities will bring in 'new revenue streams' workers are now being turned into the instruments of state population control.

A trial of this surveillance technology is taking place in 17 Post Offices, if successful then it will form part of the model for attempting to enrol all citizens onto the Identity Register.

A list of the post offices where this trial must be opposed are as follows:


In response I can advise you that Post Office Limited does hold information
relevant to your request. With regards to the first part of your request I
can advise you that the 17 Post Office® Crown branches undertaking the
trials whereby foreign national can enrol their fingerprints in branch are
included in the table below.

Branch Name | Location
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Battersea | 202 Lavender Hill, Battersea, SW11 1AB
(London) |
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Beckenham | 22 Rectory Road, Beckenham, BR3 1AA
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Beeston | 6a Chilwell Road, Beeston, NG9 1AA
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Bracknell | High Street, Bracknell, RG12 1AA
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Cambridge | 9-11 Andrew Street, Cambridge, CB2 3AA
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Camden | 112-114 Camden High Street, Camden Town, NW1 0RR
(London), |
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Durham | 33 Silver Street, Durham, DH1 3RE
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Earls Ct | 185 Earls Court Road, London, SW5 9RB
(London) |
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Kingstanding | 25 Kingstanding Centre, Birmingham, B44 9HH
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Middleton | 53 Manchester New Road, Middleton, Manchester, M24 1SQ
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Oxford | 102-104 St Aldates, Oxford, QX1 1ZZ
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Old St (London) | 205 Old Street, London, EC1V 9QN
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Redditch | Thread Needle House, Alcester Road, Redditch, B98 8AB
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Romsey | 15-25 Church Street, Romsey, SO51 8WA
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South Shields | Kepple Street, South Shields, NE33 1AA
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Stamford | All Saints Place, Stamford, PE9 2EY
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Union St | 489 Union Street, Aberdeen, AB11 6AZ
(Aberdeen) |

With regards to the second part of your request, the trials in 11 of the
branches have now gone live:

Cambridge
Old Street (London)
Beckenham
Durham
Kingstanding
Middleton
South Shields
Romsey
Bracknell
Earls Court (London)
Union Street (Aberdeen)

The remaining branches are expected to go live over the next two weeks. .