Question follow-through · 83498
Digital Technology: Proof of Identity
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department would expect employers to take to check a person's digital ID to validate evidence of a right to work.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 20 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 7 Nov 2025 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department would expect employers to take to check a person's digital ID to validate evidence of a right to work.
22 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Nov 2025
Answer published
Employers will be required to conduct digital right to work checks by the end of this parliament.We will be consulting on the details of the programme in due course, including how to help employers of all sizes onboard onto the system and how they will va...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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