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Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the digital identification and digital identity service programme will continue; and how the abolition of Digital ID will impact (a) GOV.UK One Login, (b) GOV.UK Wallet, (c) Digi

answeredDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the digital identification and digital identity service programme will continue; and how the abolition of Digital ID will impact (a) GOV.UK One Login, (b) GOV.UK Wallet, (c) Digi

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to making it simpler and more secure for people across the country to complete necessary tasks and everyday transactions digitally, where they choose to do so. The national Digital ID programme, announced in September 2025, has...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Digital ID Advisory Group

4 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 August 2026 to Question 17353 on Digital ID Advisory Group, whether this group has been disbanded.

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Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2026, to Question HL2688, on Proof of Identity: Digital Technology, and with reference to the answer of 9 December 2025, to Question 96190, on Ident

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Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, further to the answer of 3 September 2026, to Question HL2688, on Proof of Identity: Digital Technology, how much was spent on social media influences for Digital ID.