Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 82326

Identity Cards: Digital Technology

Tabled: 15 October 2025

Answered: 24 October 2025

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether digital ID cards will have centralised logging and verification; and whether public bodies will have access to metadata logs.

Answer

Ian Murray

The Government has announced plans for a new digital ID to be available to UK citizens and legal residents aged 16 and over. It will be designed with privacy at its core and will follow existing industry standards for security. This includes established s...

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