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Identity Cards: Digital Technology

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 9 December 2025UIN 96190

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 122 of the OBR, Economic and Fiscal Outlook, November 2025, CP1439, 26 November 2025, if he will itemise the cost of Digital ID Cards in each of those three years.

Answered by Josh Simons

The number was an initial, and early, estimate, spread over a number of years.

We do not recognise it as an accurate cost of the program. Any costs in this Spending Review period will be met within existing settlements. The Government will run a public consultation in the new year.

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