Question follow-through · 108880
Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department made an assessment of the potential impact of using the Gov.uk One Login to verify identity on people who (a) do not have photo ID and (b) are visually impaired.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 27 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 6 Feb 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department made an assessment of the potential impact of using the Gov.uk One Login to verify identity on people who (a) do not have photo ID and (b) are visually impaired.
29 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Feb 2026
Answer published
Inclusion is at the heart of GOV.UK One Login. The service provides multiple ways for users to prove their identity, including a no photo ID route which involves answering security questions.GDS regularly tests designs with disabled users, including visua...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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