Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of recognising the disabled person's bus pass as an official form of identification across Government services.

Each individual government service decides what constitutes acceptable forms of identification, based on the requirements of the service.

In Cabinet Office, Government Digital Service, in collaboration with other government departments, is developing a single sign-on and identity verification service, named GOV.UK One Login. One Login will allow people to create and reuse a digital identity to access public services.

One Login’s secure and robust identity checking process currently accepts two forms of photographic documentation: passports and driving licences.

We recognise that not everyone has a passport or driving licence and therefore, over time, we will implement other ways for users to verify their identity when using GOV.UK One Login. This is to ensure as many people as possible can access the services they need online.

This will involve reviewing options to use the disabled persons bus pass in due course.