Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 80722

Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 22 October 2025

Question

Patrick Spencer

Independent — Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure the inclusion of people (a) in rural areas and (b) with poor connectivity in the proposed digital ID scheme.

Answer

Ian Murray

The Government will launch a public consultation on the new digital ID by the end of the year, setting out the proposed approach in more detail and seeking views on this. This will include the proposed approach to estimating and monitoring the costs invol...

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