UK government finds Home Office Biometrics ‘achieves cost savings and value for money’

Accounting officers from the UK Government have evaluated the Home Office Biometrics (HOB) program and found that it “achieves cost savings and value for money” for the Home Office and provides the opportunity “to achieve operational efficiency across a range of business functions.”

In the UK, the home office is the ministerial department in charge of immigration, security, and law and order.

The report evaluated the program under the Managing Public Money legislation, a piece of legislation meant to …

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