Anyone own up?

Eventually when it is rolled out - billions, this first stage will incur "large capital costs" - but not to worry some of that will be clawed back by selling the data from the mass surveillance of the British public to commercial interests. Cool.

This is the crux!
I am not sure if the buying of these these costly toys, rolled out by decision making suits in meetings fighting for power and budget need justification. so to dig them out of a hole they sell to the commercial industrys.

OR
They buy them with a sole intent to gather information and a thinly veiled explanation on how it aids police work.

Insurance seems to be the biggest benefactor.

it's a massive amount of money to stop apple scrumpers and gypsies...