Question follow-through · 104649
Ministry of Justice: Proof of Identity
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by how much they plan to reduce their Department's budget to help fund the digital ID scheme.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 12 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by how much they plan to reduce their Department's budget to help fund the digital ID scheme.
14 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jan 2026
Answer published
Digital Identity policy is in development, with a dedicated team inside the Cabinet Office working to develop the proposals.Costs in this Spending Review period will be met within the existing Spending Review settlements.We are inviting the public to have...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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