Question follow-through · 75234
Proof of Identity: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of the number of additional (a) civil servants and (b) contractors required to administer a digital ID system.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 16 Sept 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of the number of additional (a) civil servants and (b) contractors required to administer a digital ID system.
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to making the state more efficient and easier to interact with through harnessing technology. We want to learn from countries who have digitised government services for the benefit of their citizens.We are looking at whether a ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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