Question follow-through · 77995
Proof of Identity: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from her Department have had discussions with the Estonian Government on digital ID schemes in the past six months.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 22 Oct 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from her Department have had discussions with the Estonian Government on digital ID schemes in the past six months.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Government will start a public consultation on the new digital ID by the end of the year and has naturally begun engaging with key stakeholders, including charities, trade unions, trade bodies and associations, businesses and local government leaders ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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