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Written Question Published 23 Mar 2026 Cabinet Office ↗ View on Parliament

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Government launches consultation on making public services quicker, easier and more secure to access with digital ID, published on 10 March 2026, whether

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Government launches consultation on making public services quicker, easier and more secure to access with digital ID, published on 10 March 2026, whether

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Written question 120736

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Government launches consultation on making public services quicker, easier and more secure to access with digital ID, published on 10 March 2026, whether

AnswerThe Government is committed to the principle of data minimisation, ensuring the new digital ID system only processes the information necessary to provide a specific service. There will be no new single central database storing all government data on a per...