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Written question asked by Lord Mott (Conservative) on Tuesday, 22 July 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 5 August 2025. It was answered by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour) on Friday, 1 August 2025 on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what guiding principles or policy frameworks are informing their internal discussions on the future of digital identity policy.

Answer

The Office for Digital Identities and Attributes (OfDIA), within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, is committed to enabling the use of secure and trusted digital verification services across the UK economy for those who want to use them.

In response to the findings of the 2019 call for evidence on digital identity, the Government set out six principles to inform the development of digital identity policy in the UK. These are privacy, transparency, inclusivity, interoperability, proportionality, and good governance. The Government’s UK digital identity and attributes trust framework, which sets out rules for digital verification services that wish to be certified as trustworthy and will be underpinned by provisions in the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, is based around these principles.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL9771
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Digital technology Proof of identity
Link
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