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.

answeredHome Office

About this written question

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
15 Jul 2025
Target answer date
17 Jul 2025
Answer
23 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 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.

  2. 17 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 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.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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