Question follow-through · 102985
Digital Technology: Proof of Identity
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy that digital identity would only be made a condition of access to employment, public services, or social security with Parliamentary approval.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 5 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 14 Jan 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots · 15 Jul 2026
- Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 · 15 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy that digital identity would only be made a condition of access to employment, public services, or social security with Parliamentary approval.
12 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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14 Jan 2026
Answer published
Where legislation is required, Parliament will scrutinise this in the usual way.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Review into the Organisation, Performance, and Transformation of the Permanent Civil Service
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