Question follow-through · 100183

Identity Cards: Digital Technology

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent comparative assessment he has made of the effectiveness of digital ID scheme implementation in other countries.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
17 Dec 2025
Answer
22 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent comparative assessment he has made of the effectiveness of digital ID scheme implementation in other countries.

  2. 17 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    Digital identity schemes differ around the world depending on sovereign decisions taken by other governments. The UK is keen to learn from international examples of where digital identity schemes are already delivering benefits for the public, and we are ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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