§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures his Department is taking to(a) identify and (b) remove barriers to the take-up of internet proof of (i) age and (ii) identity authentication services by (A) individuals and (B) business users. [21940]
§ Mr. LeslieI have been asked to reply.
The Office of the e-Envoy in the Cabinet Office will shortly publish consultation papers that identify, and propose policies to remove, barriers to the take up of authentication services based on the use of digital signatures.
Some of the approaches to authentication proposed in these consultation papers could be extended to provide proof of age.
The Government continue to support the tScheme; an industry-led voluntary co-regulatory approval body for Trusted Service Providers (TSP). tScheme or equivalent approval will be required for authentication services used to support electronic transactions with Government.