Question follow-through · 84791
Proof of Identity: Digital Technology
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there will be an option for company directors to (a) defer or (b) opt out of enrolment of the digital ID system.
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
- 23 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 4 Nov 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there will be an option for company directors to (a) defer or (b) opt out of enrolment of the digital ID system.
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Nov 2025
Answer published
There will be no requirement to enrol in Digital ID. Employers will be required to conduct digital right to work checks by the end of this Parliament. There is a requirement upon directors and individuals with significant control over companies to prove t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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