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Written Question
Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
Thursday 26th October 2017

Asked by: Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government Departments use the GOV.UK Verify service.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

Gov.uk Verify is currently used by 6 government departments and agencies to provide secure digital access to 14 services. These are provided by the DVSA, DVLA, HMRC, DWP, BEIS and DEFRA. The full list of services accessible through GOV.UK Verify is published on the GOV.UK website and is regularly updated.


Written Question
Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
Tuesday 24th October 2017

Asked by: Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the proportion of site visits, from a verified account, which start on GOV.UK verify which are successful in accessing a service.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

‘Success’ in this context is measured as the percentage of people with a verified identity who are then ‘matched’ with the departmental service they are attempting to access. Matching ensures that the user is shown the correct record within the service. Between January and August 2017, the matching success rate was 88%.


Written Question
Breast Cancer
Monday 16th November 2015

Asked by: Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data is collected on the number of people who have primary breast cancer twice.

Answered by Rob Wilson

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.