Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 9 October 2018 on GOV.UK Verify programme, HCWS978, how many redundancies there will be as a result of his Department' s decision to transfer gov.uk verify to the private sector.

There have been no redundancies, nor are there any planned, as a result of the changes concerning GOV.UK Verify that were recently announced to the House.

The Written Statement outlined that the responsibility for broadening the usage and application of the digital identity market will transition to the private sector. The Statement explained that new contracts with private sector identity providers have been signed to ensure that the Government will continue to have access to the identity assurance it needs. The Statement reiterated the Government’s support for GOV.UK Verify and for the creation of a digital identity market.