Your London card and what this means for authorities Steve Pennant London Connects Chief Executive 29 Jan 2007

London Connects strategy Mirrors national transforming government strategy –Services for Londoners –Shared Effectiveness –London’s Future Collaborative use and understanding of technology to improve services or reduce costs Original programme and latest update always on

London Connects Strategy channels and technologies

London channels Internet (all available through Your London) –Borough –TfL, Police, GLA, Fire, London Development Agency –Voluntary Groups Call centres: –Borough –TfL –Police Face to face All requiring authentication at some stage

National Context – Varney review “…providing joined up services designed around the needs of the citizen or business will yield efficiency savings by reducing duplication across the public sector. This ought to be the public service aspiration for Government”. action for the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review: –“take forward proposals to develop a cross-government identity management system to enable greater personalisation of services and to reduce duplication across government, building on a proof of concept project to share data between HM Revenue and Customs, DWP and 12 local authorities; DWP to lead Directgov

National Context – Government Connect GC Register...works with Government Gateway to authenticate citizens online. This will allow local authorities to be confident the people and organisations they communicate with are who they say they are. An online mechanism but GC will not be producing smart cards – again DWP a key player

National Context ID Cards Types of organisations the Home Office expect to use ID cards: –banks and building societies –Royal Mail and other delivery and courier services –libraries and video/DVD rental companies –mobile and fixed line phone companies and service providers –travel agencies and airlines –universities and colleges of higher education –retailers of all kinds, including internet-based companies –property rental companies –vehicle rental companies.

London Context

Why pan-London approach? Convenience for customers Economies of scale for authorities Economies of interoperability Common approach to marketing to excluded groups Borough brand

Why Your London?

Your London Card Scheme Possible Federated Approach = borough Libraries Transport Leisure Payment ID (e.g. council tax) Schools Diagram shows how locally branded card schemes could have multiple applications with common standards and some pan-London functionality Culture

London Smartcard Executive Group (LSEG) Includes GLA Needs London Central Partnership rep

Work to date Roadmap & draft governance published (thanks to Mick Davies) Joint procurement of 50,000 Mifare 4K cards (as recommended by TfL in 2004) Kingston have ordered 10,000, another 25,000 in the pipeline Joint work on APACS UK Payments Association and Proof of Age Scheme (PASS) Liaison with TfL and Transys

Opportunities Libraries – already contactless in Newham, Croydon, Lewisham and planned in others Leisure – workshop sponsored by Gladstone Schools Staff authentication see workshops Your ideas

Next steps Online survey Directions from London Smartcard Exec Group Deliverables in 07/08 plan: –Delivery of cards to early adopters –Sign up to a federated approach –Step by step plan with focus on groups eg over 60s, secondary pupils –review following your ideas today

Get involved – see Nick or Greg on the London Connects stand