Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2017 to Question 9192, on electronic government: proof of identity, how many users of the Government Verify Scheme there have been in each (a) Department and (b) year since 2013.

The GOV.UK Verify scheme is currently used by 6 government departments and agencies, across 13 publicly-available services. The full list of services accessible through GOV.UK Verify is published on the GOV.UK website and is regularly updated.

The total number of times services have been accessed through GOV.UK Verify currently stands at 3.86 million, from 1.52 million accounts.