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Identity Cards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the use of national ID cards as a means of identifying (a) illegal immigrants, (b) fugitives and (c) agents of a foreign power.

answeredHome Office

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
22 Jul 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
2 Sept 2025 · 42 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the use of national ID cards as a means of identifying (a) illegal immigrants, (b) fugitives and (c) agents of a foreign power.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Sept 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.

Later records

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