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Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainTreasuryTabled Answered 11 September 2025UIN 75219

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse of implementing and maintaining a Digital ID system.

Answered by James Murray

The government will cost and publish costings of policies it chooses to introduce in the usual way at fiscal events.

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