Apr. 16 2024
Source Page: Discussions of NHS digital topics, including NHS app: FOI releaseFound: Discussions of NHS digital topics, including NHS app: FOI release
Mentions:
1: Alex Burghart (Con - Brentwood and Ongar) In June 2022, the Government published “Transforming for a digital future: 2022 to 2025 roadmap for - Speech Link
Feb. 28 2024
Source Page: Public dialogue on trust in digital identity servicesFound: Public dialogue on trust in digital identity services
Feb. 28 2024
Source Page: Public dialogue on trust in digital identity servicesFound: Public dialogue on trust in digital identity services
Mentions:
1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) of their pensions.As noble Lords will be aware, the Government are supporting the development of the digital - Speech Link
2: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) behind this, but, as the noble Lord, Lord Livermore, rightly pointed out, we also have the issue of identity - Speech Link
3: None there is no storage of data on the system per se, aside from caching, and individuals must pass the identity - Speech Link
4: None the Money and Pensions Service is working to identify all possible options that may comprise its new identity - Speech Link
Asked by: Lord Lipsey (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for ensuring that setting up a Government Gateway account is more straightforward and accessible.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
A simple Government Gateway account can be created with only an email address. The customer is provided with a unique username (Government Gateway ID) and is asked to create a password. This account will not have identity checks associated to it, so can only be used to access Government services which do not require identity checking. Where a customer needs to access services requiring identity checking, additional Identity Verification steps are provided by Government Gateway, based on the identity information the customer has available to them. It is recognised that this can be difficult for some customers, particularly those with limited digital skills or limited documented identity sources.
All Government Gateway Services follow accessibility rules and guidelines, when building, improving, or changing our systems. As well as completing user research and user testing to understand the impact to our customers. This testing is completed with a wide range of different users to understand the impact on our customers.
A Disability Impact Assessment is always completed, working with our accessibility partners to ensure that all accessibility needs are considered in anything we do.
From Spring 2024 onwards, HMRC will begin to migrate new and some existing Government Gateway customers to GOV.UK One Login. This is the Governments new strategic authentication and identity checking system, operated by the Government Digital Service in Cabinet Office, which is making it easier and faster for users to prove and reuse their identity to access the government services they need. Improving accessibility is at the heart of GOV.UK One Login; it offers multiple ways for people to prove who they are, including an in-person option, and a customer support centre to help users with lower digital skills
Initially, only a small number of users will be able to access HMRC services through GOV.UK One Login, with volumes building over time. This measured approach is designed to ensure a high quality experience for users as we expand its roll out.
Asked by: Claire Hanna (Social Democratic & Labour Party - Belfast South)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he is taking steps to help tackle issues with using (a) Irish passports and (b) Northern Ireland driving licences for online verification for Universal Credit.
Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The new National Digital Identity GOV.UK One Login will enable citizens to use Northern Ireland Driving Licenses and Republic of Ireland Passport when proving their identity online, where this is appropriate. DWP are working towards a convergence plan for GOV.UK One Login. However there are no confirmed dates yet for when this will be implemented for Universal Credit.
Jan. 26 2024
Source Page: Alcohol licensing age verification: government consultation. 23p.Found: The government is committed to enabling the widespread use of trusted digital identity solutions across
Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming for a digital future: 2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data, updated on 29 November 2023, what progress his Department has made on the development of a common mobile app strategy, framework and technical standards.
Answered by Alex Burghart - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) has convened discussions with Chief Digital and Information Officers and Chief Technology Officers from across government to identify key principles and guardrails for the mobile app strategy. The strategy will be finalised next year, as set out in the 2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data.
Alongside this, the Government Digital Service (GDS) is developing a GOV.UK App that builds upon the success of the existing GOV.UK One Login identity checking app, which has been downloaded over 5.7 million times.
Asked by: Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative - Shrewsbury and Atcham)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of using non-fungible tokens to replace paper identification required to (a) open a bank account and (b) access (i) loans, (ii) mortgages, (iii) credit cards, (iv) investment opportunities and (v) other financial instruments.
Answered by Bim Afolami - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Government recognises the widespread benefits of digital identity use.
HM Treasury’s Money Laundering Regulations (MLRs) 2017 require banks and other regulated financial firms to verify a customer’s identity to open, access or maintain a bank account or other financial products. The MLRs do not impose a preference in how a regulated firm should verify its customers’ identities, either using traditional paper or digital identity sources.