Where a person has authenticated their identity to a substantial level of assurance, they are issued a Public Services Card (PSC). My Department does not hold a record of the specific reasons relating to the issuing of a PSC as this information is not requested at the time a person presents for SAFE registration.
The number of PSCs issued on a monthly basis since October 2011 is set out in the following table.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
TABLE - Number of PSCs issued per month
Year | Month | Number of PSCs issued per month | Total annual |
2011 | October | 340 | |
| November | 1,720 | |
| December | 1,946 | 4,006 |
2012 | January | 1,248 | |
| February | 772 | |
| March | 577 | |
| April | 421 | |
| May | 701 | |
| June | 1,608 | |
| July | 4,823 | |
| August | 6,664 | |
| September | 9,998 | |
| October | 14,053 | |
| November | 19,761 | |
| December | 21,586 | 82,212 |
2013 | January | 25,661 | |
| February | 33,065 | |
| March | 27,263 | |
| April | 28,433 | |
| May | 31,380 | |
| June | 27,158 | |
| July | 30,587 | |
| August | 26,366 | |
| September | 26,161 | |
| October | 28,364 | |
| November | 24,553 | |
| December | 78,471 | 387,462 |
2014 | January | 58,907 | |
| February | 51,915 | |
| March | 41,699 | |
| April | 44,844 | |
| May | 49,757 | |
| June | 46,167 | |
| July | 58177 | |
| August | 50,186 | |
| September | 68,666 | |
| October | 66,678 | |
| November | 67,775 | |
| December | 51,314 | 656,085 |
2015 | January | 56,621 | |
| February | 50,915 | |
| March | 56,520 | |
| April | 51,562 | |
| May | 47,374 | |
| June | 50,927 | |
| July | 54,276 | |
| August | 53,737 | |
| September | 53,834 | |
| October | 52,042 | |
| November | 53,274 | |
| December | 49,019 | 630,101 |
2016 | January | 50,288 | |
| February | 48,456 | |
| March | 44,800 | |
| April | 50,653 | |
| May | 51,577 | |
| June | 55,361 | |
| July | 53,284 | |
| August | 53,363 | |
| September | 54,343 | |
| October | 49,681 | |
| November | 55,112 | |
| December | 35,977 | 602,895 |
2017 | January | 50,082 | |
| February | 46,634 | |
| March | 51,511 | |
| April | 41,767 | |
| May | 56,410 | |
| June | 63,792 | |
| July | 62,894 | |
| August | 64,958 | |
| September | 62,557 | |
| October | 57,545 | |
| November | 76,429 | |
| December | 41,855 | 676,434 |
2018 | January | 56,434 | |
| February | 64,041 | |
| March | 49,997 | |
| April | 56,237 | |
| May | 53,466 | |
| June | 49,232 | |
| July | 55,383 | |
| August | 52,920 | |
| September | 44,043 | |
| October | 47,191 | |
| November | 43,579 | |
| December | 31,315 | 603,838 |
2019 | January | 46,545 | |
| February | 41,880 | |
| March | 41,770 | |
| April | 40,488 | |
| May | 45,057 | |
| June | 39,772 | |
| July | 48,387 | |
| August | 41,717 | |
| September | 38,573 (to date) | 384,189 |
| | 4,027,222 | |