Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 102985

Digital Technology: Proof of Identity

Tabled: 5 January 2026
Answered: 14 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Manuela Perteghella

Liberal DemocratStratford-on-Avon

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.

Answer

Josh Simons
Where legislation is required, Parliament will scrutinise this in the usual way.