Maria Eagle, junior youth minister at the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), said that the companies are Transport for London and Mouchel Parkman, a services management firm with clients including HM Prison Service, the Home Office, the Department for Education and Skills and the Inland Revenue.
In response to parliamentary questions from Nick Gibb, the shadow minister for young people, Eagle said that the DfES is in discussions with the Home Office about how the opportunity card, which is for 13- to 19-year-olds, could be linked to the National Identity Register, which will back up future government plans to introduce an ID card for everyone aged 16 and above.
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