Question follow-through · 82698

Undocumented Migrants: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of mandatory digital ID in tackling illegal immigration.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 16 Oct 2025
Target answer date: 22 Oct 2025
Answer: 22 Oct 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

16 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of mandatory digital ID in tackling illegal immigration.
22 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Digital ID programme is part of a broader strategy to tackle illegal immigration. By making it harder for people without the right to work to gain employment, the government plans to reduce incentives for unlawful entry. Mandating digital ID for rig...

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