Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what platforms were considered for Companies House's identity verification service, and on what grounds GOV.UK One Login was selected.

Companies House sought invitations from service providers and conducted a robust assessment against critical success factors concerning user experience, value for money, affordability for users and viability of delivery.

GOV.UK One Login was selected because it satisfied these critical success factors and aligned with wider government priorities to utilise cross government verification solutions where possible to streamline access government services as set out below:

www.gov.uk/guidance/use-govuk-one-login

To ensure that all customers were able to access identity verification, a secondary route was put in place in the form of Authorised Company Service Providers (ACSPs).