"But a Home Office spokesman said last night: ‘These anonymous claims are wrong and misguided.

‘This scheme dates back to the First World War and is no longer effective because data provided to the police is already collected by the Home Office when individuals apply to enter the UK.

‘The police agree with government and recommended that the scheme should be abolished so that officers can focus on policing and solving crimes. 

'It is not used by the police to monitor individuals and to claim otherwise is wrong.’"

Daily Mail - A lot of our readers will not like this

I agree that a lot of their readers will not be happy about it.