Question follow-through · 67965
Identity Cards
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered creating a national identity card system.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 15 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered creating a national identity card system.
17 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration system under regular review, in consultation with a wide range of experts and stakeholders.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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