Question follow-through · 81064
Identity Cards: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she plans to introduce digital identity cards.
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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 31 Oct 2025 · 21 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 she plans to introduce digital identity cards.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Government has announced plans for a new national digital identity credential to be available to UK citizens and legal residents aged 16 and over. This will make it easier for people to securely access the services they are entitled to, where they wan...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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