| Heading: |
Driving Licences: Digital Technology |
| Question ID: |
1757832 |
| UIN: |
25734 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4603 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Preet Kaur Gill
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| Asking Member handle: |
PreetKGillMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@PreetKGillMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the digital driving licence will be accepted as a valid form of photo ID. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-30 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4822 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Feryal Clark
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| Answering Member handle: |
FeryalClark
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@FeryalClark
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| Answer text: |
While the legal purpose of the driving licence is to convey driving entitlement, they are already commonly accepted as proof of age or identity. The Department for Science and Technology’s (DSIT) ambition is that, in time, the digital driving licence will... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |