Question follow-through · 67780

Electronic Government: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on cross-government plans for digital identity systems.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled: 14 Jul 2025
Target answer date: 16 Jul 2025
Answer: 22 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

14 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on cross-government plans for digital identity systems.
16 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Office for Digital Identities and Attributes (OfDIA), within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, is working to enable the use of secure and trusted digital verification services (DVS) across the UK economy for those who want to use ...

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