Digital ID build will not be outsourced to private firm, says minister

Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones with a prototype of the ‘Government by app’ underpinned by digital ID at a Downing Street press conference (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

The creation of the Government’s digital ID will be done in-house and not outsourced to a private firm, the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister has said.

Darren Jones said “the responsibility for the design, build and running” of the scheme will be “within Government”.