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{{Short description|Identity assurance system developed by the UK Government Digital Service}}
{{Short description|Identity assurance system developed by the UK Government Digital Service}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}'''GOV.UK Verify''' was an [[identity assurance]] system developed by the British [[Government Digital Service]] (GDS) which was in operation between May 2016 and April 2023. The system was intended to provide a single trusted [[login]] across all British government digital services, verifying the user's identity in 15 minutes.<ref name="CW">{{Cite web |url=http://www.computerworlduk.com/data/govuk-verify-explained-3626323/ |title=UK government identity scheme GOV.UK Verify launched today: What is GOV.UK Verify? GOV.UK Verify explained |last=Jee |first=Charlotte |date=24 May 2016 |work=Computer World UK}}</ref> It allowed users to choose one of several companies to [[Identity verification service|verify their identity]] to a standard level of assurance before accessing 22 [[Government of the United Kingdom|central government]] online services.<ref name="Merrett160217">{{Cite web |url=http://www.governmentcomputing.com/blogs/government-computing-network-blog/govuk-verify-nhs-numbers-and-the-25-million-user-challenge |title=GOV.UK Verify, NHS numbers and the 25 million user challenge |last=Merrett |first=Neil |date=16 February 2017 |work=Government Computing}}</ref>
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'''GOV.UK Verify''' is an [[identity assurance]] system developed by the British [[Government Digital Service]] (GDS). The system is intended to provide a single trusted [[login]] across all [[United Kingdom|British]] government digital services, verifying the user’s identity in 15 minutes.<ref name="CW">{{Cite web |url=http://www.computerworlduk.com/data/govuk-verify-explained-3626323/ |title=UK government identity scheme GOV.UK Verify launched today: What is GOV.UK Verify? GOV.UK Verify explained |last=Jee |first=Charlotte |date=24 May 2016 |work=Computer World UK}}</ref> It allows users to choose one of several companies to [[Identity verification service|verify their identity]] to a standard level of assurance before accessing 22 [[Government of the United Kingdom|central government]] online services.<ref name="Merrett160217">{{Cite web |url=http://www.governmentcomputing.com/blogs/government-computing-network-blog/govuk-verify-nhs-numbers-and-the-25-million-user-challenge |title=GOV.UK Verify, NHS numbers and the 25 million user challenge |last=Merrett |first=Neil |date=16 February 2017 |work=Government Computing}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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==Certified companies==
==Certified companies==
Third-party companies are responsible for carrying out identity verification within the scheme. The first five companies – known as [[identity provider|identity providers]] (IdPs) – that signed up to provide the service through a tender issued by the [[Department for Work & Pensions]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/797279/|title=Contracts Finder Archive|website=data.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-06-13}}</ref> were the [[Post Office Ltd|Post Office]], [[Verizon]], [[Experian]], Digidentity and Mydex CIC.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.computerworlduk.com/it-vendors/government-signs-first-identity-assurance-contracts-3466682/ |title=Government signs first identity assurance contracts |last=Nguyen |first=Anh |date=3 September 2013 |work=Computer World UK}}</ref> After a further tender issued by the [[Cabinet Office]] in 2014,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.computerworlduk.com/it-management/cabinet-office-seeking-suppliers-for-govuk-verify-3591327/ |title=Cabinet Office seeking suppliers for GOV.UK Verify |last=Jee |first=Charlotte |date=17 December 2014 |work=Computer World UK}}</ref> [[Barclays]], [[GB Group (UK)|GB Group]], [[Morpho (company)|Morpho]] and [[Royal Mail]] became certified companies.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://identityassurance.blog.gov.uk/2015/03/25/procurement-2-new-identity-suppliers-to-join-gov-uk-verify/ |title=Procurement 2: New identity suppliers to join GOV.UK Verify |last=Hughes |first=Janet |date=25 March 2015|work=Identity Assurance blog |publisher=Government Digital Service}}</ref>
Third-party companies were responsible for carrying out identity verification within the scheme. The first five companies – known as [[identity provider|identity providers]] (IdPs) – that signed up to provide the service through a tender issued by the [[Department for Work and Pensions]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/797279/|title=Contracts Finder Archive|website=data.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-06-13}}</ref> were the [[Post Office Limited|Post Office]], [[Verizon]], [[Experian]], Digidentity and Mydex CIC.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.computerworlduk.com/it-vendors/government-signs-first-identity-assurance-contracts-3466682/ |title=Government signs first identity assurance contracts |last=Nguyen |first=Anh |date=3 September 2013 |work=Computer World UK}}</ref> After a further tender issued by the [[Cabinet Office]] in 2014,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.computerworlduk.com/it-management/cabinet-office-seeking-suppliers-for-govuk-verify-3591327/ |title=Cabinet Office seeking suppliers for GOV.UK Verify |last=Jee |first=Charlotte |date=17 December 2014 |work=Computer World UK}}</ref> [[Barclays]], [[GB Group (UK)|GB Group]], [[Morpho (company)|Morpho]] and [[Royal Mail]] became certified companies.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://identityassurance.blog.gov.uk/2015/03/25/procurement-2-new-identity-suppliers-to-join-gov-uk-verify/ |title=Procurement 2: New identity suppliers to join GOV.UK Verify |last=Hughes |first=Janet |date=25 March 2015|work=Identity Assurance blog |publisher=Government Digital Service}}</ref>


While Mydex CIC participated in the original tender process, it did not go on to become a certified GOV.UK identity provider.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://identityassurance.blog.gov.uk/2015/03/25/gov-uk-verify-and-mydex/|title=GOV.UK Verify and Mydex CIC {{!}} GOV.UK Verify|access-date=2017-06-13}}</ref> In 2016 Verizon was temporarily<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://central-government.governmentcomputing.com/news/verizon-temporarily-removed-as-govuk-verify-id-provider-4955500|title=Verizon "temporarily removed" as GOV.UK Verify ID provider - Government Computing Network|website=central-government.governmentcomputing.com|access-date=2017-06-13|date=20 July 2016}}</ref> and then permanently<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://identityassurance.blog.gov.uk/2017/01/06/the-latest-improvements-across-gov-uk-verifys-certified-companies/|title=The latest improvements across GOV.UK Verify's certified companies {{!}} GOV.UK Verify|access-date=2017-06-13|date=6 January 2017}}</ref> removed from the list of certified providers.
While Mydex CIC participated in the original tender process, it did not go on to become a certified GOV.UK identity provider.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://identityassurance.blog.gov.uk/2015/03/25/gov-uk-verify-and-mydex/|title=GOV.UK Verify and Mydex CIC {{!}} GOV.UK Verify|access-date=2017-06-13}}</ref> In 2016, Verizon was temporarily<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://central-government.governmentcomputing.com/news/verizon-temporarily-removed-as-govuk-verify-id-provider-4955500|title=Verizon "temporarily removed" as GOV.UK Verify ID provider - Government Computing Network|website=central-government.governmentcomputing.com|access-date=2017-06-13|date=20 July 2016}}</ref> and then permanently<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://identityassurance.blog.gov.uk/2017/01/06/the-latest-improvements-across-gov-uk-verifys-certified-companies/|title=The latest improvements across GOV.UK Verify's certified companies {{!}} GOV.UK Verify|access-date=2017-06-13|date=6 January 2017}}</ref> removed from the list of certified providers.


In October 2018, GDS announced that five of the seven identity providers – [[Barclays]], [[Digidentity]], [[Experian]], [[Post Office Limited|Post Office]] and [[SecureIdentity]] – had signed contracts for a further 18 months.<ref name="cunnington" /> Users of Citizensafe from [[GB Group (UK)|GB Group]] and Royal Mail's identity service would be able to continue using their GOV.UK Verify identity for twelve months but would need to set up a new account through one of the other five companies.<ref name="cunnington" /> On 24 March 2020, Barclays stopped providing new GOV.UK verify digital identities,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.barclays.co.uk/identity/|title=Barclays Identity Service &#124; Barclays|website=www.barclays.co.uk}}</ref> and both SecureIdentity and Experian subsequently also pulled out of providing identities for both new and existing customers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252496069/Experian-to-close-more-than-two-million-Govuk-Verify-accounts|title=Experian to close more than two million Gov.uk Verify accounts|website=Computer Weekly}}</ref> This left only two providers: Post Office and Digidentity. The Post Office depends on Digidentity infrastructure to operate as an identity provider.<ref name="idpspullout" />
In October 2018, GDS announced that five of the seven identity providers – Barclays, Digidentity, Experian, Post Office and [[SecureIdentity]] – had signed contracts for a further 18 months.<ref name="cunnington" /> Users of Citizensafe from [[GB Group (UK)|GB Group]] and Royal Mail's identity service would be able to continue using their GOV.UK Verify identity for twelve months, but would need to set up a new account through one of the other five companies.<ref name="cunnington" /> On 24 March 2020, Barclays stopped providing new GOV.UK verify digital identities,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.barclays.co.uk/identity/|title=Barclays Identity Service &#124; Barclays|website=www.barclays.co.uk}}</ref> and both SecureIdentity and Experian subsequently also pulled out of providing identities for both new and existing customers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252496069/Experian-to-close-more-than-two-million-Govuk-Verify-accounts|title=Experian to close more than two million Gov.uk Verify accounts|website=Computer Weekly}}</ref> This left only two providers: Post Office and Digidentity. The Post Office depended on Digidentity infrastructure to operate as an identity provider.<ref name="idpspullout" />


==Level of assurance==
==Level of assurance==
GOV.UK Verify certified companies must verify customers' identities to level 2 as defined by [https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/content/files/guidance_files/GPG%2045%20%20-%20validating%20and%20Verifying%20the%20identity%20of%20an%20individual%20-%20issue%202.4%20-%20NCSC%20Web.pdf Good Practice Guide 45] published jointly by [[Government Communications Headquarters#CESG|CESG]] and the Cabinet Office. This level of identity assurance is intended to be sufficient to support a [[Lawsuit|claim in a civil court]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Simpson |first1=Gary |last2=Lindley |first2=Emma |title=Investigating Challenges in Digital Identity |url=http://oixuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Investigating-the-Challenges-in-Digital-Identity.pdf |publisher=Open Identity Exchange |page=4 |journal=OIX UK}}</ref>
GOV.UK Verify certified companies had to verify customers' identities to level 2 as defined by the [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/identity-proofing-and-verification-of-an-individual Good Practice Guide 45] published jointly by [[Government Communications Headquarters#CESG|CESG]] and the Cabinet Office. This level of identity assurance is intended to be sufficient to support a [[Lawsuit|claim in a civil court]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Simpson |first1=Gary |last2=Lindley |first2=Emma |title=Investigating Challenges in Digital Identity |url=http://oixuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Investigating-the-Challenges-in-Digital-Identity.pdf |publisher=Open Identity Exchange |page=4 |journal=OIX UK}}</ref>


==List of connected services==
==List of connected services==
The following 22 services are connected to GOV.UK Verify {{As of|2020|01|lc=y}}:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/performance/govuk-verify/government-services |title=Government services using GOV.UK Verify |work=GOV.UK |access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref>
The following 22 services were connected to GOV.UK Verify {{As of|2020|01|lc=y}}:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/performance/govuk-verify/government-services |title=Government services using GOV.UK Verify |work=GOV.UK |access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref>
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| Total Reward Statements / Manage your NHS Pension || [[NHS Business Services Authority]]
| Total Reward Statements / Manage your NHS Pension || [[NHS Business Services Authority]]
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| Get your State Pension || [[Department for Work & Pensions]]
| Get your State Pension || [[Department for Work and Pensions]]
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| Sign your mortgage deed<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hmlandregistry.blog.gov.uk/2017/07/28/verifying-secure-digital-mortgage-service/|title=Verifying a secure digital mortgage service - HM Land Registry|website=hmlandregistry.blog.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-01-22}}</ref> || [[HM Land Registry]]
| Sign your mortgage deed<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hmlandregistry.blog.gov.uk/2017/07/28/verifying-secure-digital-mortgage-service/|title=Verifying a secure digital mortgage service - HM Land Registry|website=hmlandregistry.blog.gov.uk|date=28 July 2017 |language=en|access-date=2018-01-22}}</ref> || [[HM Land Registry]]
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| Disclosure and barring service || [[Home Office]]
| Disclosure and barring service || [[Home Office]]
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| Report a medical condition that affects your driving || Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
| Report a medical condition that affects your driving || Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
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| Check your state pension || Department for Work & Pensions, HM Revenue & Customs
| Check your state pension || Department for Work and Pensions, HM Revenue & Customs
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| Universal Credit Digital Service || [[Department for Work & Pensions]]
| Universal Credit Digital Service || [[Department for Work and Pensions]]
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| Help your friends or family with their tax || HM Revenue & Customs
| Help your friends or family with their tax || HM Revenue & Customs
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| Defence Cyber Protection Partnership || [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]]
| Defence Cyber Protection Partnership || [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]]
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By October 2022, only five of those services were still using Verify:<ref name="GovUK"/>
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| Sign your mortgage deed|| HM Land Registry
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| Disclosure and barring service || Home Office
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| Vehicle Operator Licensing || Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
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| Rural Payments || Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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| Add driving licence check code to your mobile phone || Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
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|}


==Use beyond central government==
==Use beyond central government==
===Local government===
===Local government===
GDS worked with [[Local government#United Kingdom|local authorities]] since 2013 to pilot the use of GOV.UK Verify by local government.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://blog.socitm.net/2017/03/29/lcioc-latest-gds-verify-nhs-digital-services/ |title=LCIOC Latest: GDS, Verify, NHS Digital Services |last=Mathieson |first=SA |date=29 March 2017 |work=Soctim blog}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://identityassurance.blog.gov.uk/2017/03/22/guest-post-working-with-gds-on-transforming-local-services/ |title=Guest post: working with GDS on transforming local services |last=Southern |first=Joanne |date=22 March 2017 |work=Identity Assurance blog}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.publictechnology.net/articles/news/local-government-verify-pilot-hit-council-departures |title=Local government Verify pilot hit by council departures |last=Hill |first=Rebecca |date=3 May 2017 |work=Public Technology.net}}</ref> Local government services piloted as of July 2017 included applying for [[Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007|free bus passes]] and '[[blue badge]]' disabled parking permits.<ref name="eidas"/>
GDS worked with [[Local government#United Kingdom|local authorities]] from 2015 to pilot the use of GOV.UK Verify by local government.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://blog.socitm.net/2017/03/29/lcioc-latest-gds-verify-nhs-digital-services/ |title=LCIOC Latest: GDS, Verify, NHS Digital Services |last=Mathieson |first=SA |date=29 March 2017 |work=Soctim blog}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://identityassurance.blog.gov.uk/2017/03/22/guest-post-working-with-gds-on-transforming-local-services/ |title=Guest post: working with GDS on transforming local services |last=Southern |first=Joanne |date=22 March 2017 |work=Identity Assurance blog}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.publictechnology.net/articles/news/local-government-verify-pilot-hit-council-departures |title=Local government Verify pilot hit by council departures |last=Hill |first=Rebecca |date=3 May 2017 |work=Public Technology.net}}</ref> Local government services piloted as of July 2017 included applying for [[Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007|free bus passes]] and '[[blue badge]]' disabled parking permits.<ref name="eidas"/>


===Private sector===
===Private sector===
From the outset, GDS had intended GOV.UK Verify use to be extended to the private sector. While work was underway in 2017,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://central-government.governmentcomputing.com/news/summer-launch-planned-for-govuk-verify-private-sector-testing-5774813 |title=Summer launch planned for GOV.UK Verify private sector testing |last=Merrett |first=Neil |date=30 March 2017 |work=Government Computing}}</ref> this was still not in place in October 2018 when the GDS head Kevin Cunnington announced that "GOV.UK Verify is now mature enough for us to take it to the next stage – opening it up beyond the private sector for the private sector to take the lead".<ref name="cunnington">{{Cite web|url=https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2018/10/11/taking-gov-uk-verify-to-the-next-stage/|title=Taking GOV.UK Verify to the next stage - Government Digital Service|website=gds.blog.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-10-11}}</ref>
From the outset, GDS had intended the use of GOV.UK Verify to be extended to the private sector. While work was underway in 2017,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://central-government.governmentcomputing.com/news/summer-launch-planned-for-govuk-verify-private-sector-testing-5774813 |title=Summer launch planned for GOV.UK Verify private sector testing |last=Merrett |first=Neil |date=30 March 2017 |work=Government Computing}}</ref> this was still not in place in October 2018 when the GDS head Kevin Cunnington announced that "GOV.UK Verify is now mature enough for us to take it to the next stage – opening it up beyond the public sector for the private sector to take the lead".<ref name="cunnington">{{Cite web|url=https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2018/10/11/taking-gov-uk-verify-to-the-next-stage/|title=Taking GOV.UK Verify to the next stage - Government Digital Service|website=gds.blog.gov.uk|date=11 October 2018 |language=en|access-date=2018-10-11}}</ref>


Cunnington announced that five of the identity providers had signed contracts for a further 18 months, after which the scheme would not receive further funding from government. The development of the scheme would instead be in the hands of the private sector.<ref name="cunnington" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theregister.com/2018/10/10/govt_withdraws_life_support_from_gds_flagship/|title=UK.gov withdraws life support from flagship digital identity system|website=www.theregister.com}}</ref>
Cunnington announced that five of the identity providers had signed contracts for a further 18 months, after which the scheme would not receive further funding from government. The development of the scheme would instead be in the hands of the private sector.<ref name="cunnington" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theregister.com/2018/10/10/govt_withdraws_life_support_from_gds_flagship/|title=UK.gov withdraws life support from flagship digital identity system|website=www.theregister.com}}</ref>


===NHS===
===NHS===
GOV.UK Verify was one of the options considered by the [[National Health Service]] for its citizen identity solution.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://healthcare.governmentcomputing.com/news/nhs-digital-targets-late-september-online-identity-launch-5778805 |title=NHS Digital targets late September online identity launch |last=Merrett |first=Neil |date=4 April 2017 |work= Government Computing}}</ref> In November 2018 the NHS announced that it was pursuing its own app-based solution, but was looking for a way to enable people who have a GOV.UK Verify account to use it to log in to NHS systems.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukauthority.com/articles/nhs-login-to-use-video-for-initial-id/|title=NHS login to use video for initial ID {{!}} UKAuthority|website=UKAuthority|language=en|access-date=2018-11-05}}</ref>
GOV.UK Verify was one of the options considered by the [[National Health Service]] for its citizen identity solution.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://healthcare.governmentcomputing.com/news/nhs-digital-targets-late-september-online-identity-launch-5778805 |title=NHS Digital targets late September online identity launch |last=Merrett |first=Neil |date=4 April 2017 |work= Government Computing}}</ref> In November 2018, the NHS announced that it was pursuing its own app-based solution, but was looking for a way to enable people who have a GOV.UK Verify account to use it to log in to NHS systems.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukauthority.com/articles/nhs-login-to-use-video-for-initial-id/|title=NHS login to use video for initial ID {{!}} UKAuthority|website=UKAuthority|language=en|access-date=2018-11-05}}</ref>


== International ==
== International ==
Work was underway to enable non-British citizens to access the service from September 2018.<ref name="eidas">{{cite web|last1=Trendall|first1=Sam|title=GOV.UK Verify to be extended to cover other countries next year|url=https://www.publictechnology.net/articles/news/govuk-verify-be-extended-cover-other-countries-next-year|website=www.publictechnology.net|date=13 July 2017}}</ref>
Work was underway to enable non-British citizens to access the service from September 2018.<ref name="eidas">{{cite web|last1=Trendall|first1=Sam|title=GOV.UK Verify to be extended to cover other countries next year|url=https://www.publictechnology.net/articles/news/govuk-verify-be-extended-cover-other-countries-next-year|website=www.publictechnology.net|date=13 July 2017}}</ref>


GOV.UK Verify is designed with interoperability with the ID schemes of other EU states as part of the [[eIDAS]] scheme. On 28 August 2018, GOV.UK Verify took its first step towards enabling British residents to use their GOV.UK Verify account to log on to online public services in other EU countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/2018/09/11/GOV.UK+Verify+eID+scheme+pre-notified+under+eIDAS|title=GOV.UK Verify eID scheme pre-notified under eIDAS|website=CEF Digital|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/download/attachments/68326890/Final%20version%20of%20UK%20Peer%20Review%20Report_24_01_2019.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1549037555551&api=v2|title=GOV.UK Verify eID scheme pre-notified under eIDAS|date=24 January 2019|website=European Commission}}</ref> The scheme was 'notified'{{technical term|date=January 2020}} on 2 May 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/EIDCOMMUNITY/Overview+of+pre-notified+and+notified+eID+schemes+under+eIDAS|title=Overview of pre-notified and notified eID schemes under eIDAS - eID User Community - CEF Digital|website=ec.europa.eu|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
GOV.UK Verify was designed to allow interoperability with the ID schemes of other EU states, as part of the [[eIDAS]] scheme. On 28 August 2018, GOV.UK Verify took its first step towards enabling British residents to use their GOV.UK Verify account to log on to online public services in other EU countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/2018/09/11/GOV.UK+Verify+eID+scheme+pre-notified+under+eIDAS|title=GOV.UK Verify eID scheme pre-notified under eIDAS|website=CEF Digital|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/download/attachments/68326890/Final%20version%20of%20UK%20Peer%20Review%20Report_24_01_2019.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1549037555551&api=v2|title=GOV.UK Verify eID scheme pre-notified under eIDAS|date=24 January 2019|website=European Commission}}</ref> The scheme was 'notified'{{technical term|date=January 2020}} on 2 May 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/EIDCOMMUNITY/Overview+of+pre-notified+and+notified+eID+schemes+under+eIDAS|title=Overview of pre-notified and notified eID schemes under eIDAS - eID User Community - CEF Digital|website=ec.europa.eu|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>


==Criticism==
==Criticism==
GOV.UK Verify has not met various targets that GDS set for it:<ref name="fishenden">{{Cite web |url=http://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Govuk-Verify-and-identity-assurance-its-time-for-a-rethink |title=Gov.uk Verify and identity assurance - it's time for a rethink |last=Fishenden |first=Jerry |date=5 May 2017 |work=Computer Weekly}}</ref>
GOV.UK Verify did not meet various targets that GDS set for it:<ref name="fishenden">{{Cite web |url=http://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Govuk-Verify-and-identity-assurance-its-time-for-a-rethink |title=Gov.uk Verify and identity assurance - it's time for a rethink |last=Fishenden |first=Jerry |date=5 May 2017 |work=Computer Weekly}}</ref>
*The platform was originally due to launch in 2012, but did not do so until 2016.
*The platform was originally due to launch in 2012, but did not do so until 2016.
*The success rate in verifying individuals was 47% as of October 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/performance/govuk-verify/verification-success-rate|title=Dashboard - GOV.UK Verify - GOV.UK|website=www.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-10-11}}</ref>
*The success rate in verifying individuals was 47% as of October 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/performance/govuk-verify/verification-success-rate|title=Dashboard - GOV.UK Verify - GOV.UK|website=www.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-10-11}}</ref>
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It does not meet all the identity requirements of government departments, such as identifying intermediaries or businesses.<ref name="fishenden" />
It does not meet all the identity requirements of government departments, such as identifying intermediaries or businesses.<ref name="fishenden" />


The [[Infrastructure and Projects Authority]] (IPA) reviewed Verify in July 2018, noting the department's reluctance to continue funding the project, with another report later that year requesting the GOV.UK Verify identity assurance programme should be terminated.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252448116/Government-projects-watchdog-recommends-terminating-Govuk-Verify-identity-project|title=Government projects watchdog recommends terminating Gov.uk Verify identity project|work=ComputerWeekly.com|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en-GB|date=5 September 2018|first=Bryan|last=Glick}}</ref>
The [[Infrastructure and Projects Authority]] (IPA) reviewed Verify in July 2018, noting the department's reluctance to continue funding the project, with another report later that year recommending that the identity assurance programme should be terminated.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252448116/Government-projects-watchdog-recommends-terminating-Govuk-Verify-identity-project|title=Government projects watchdog recommends terminating Gov.uk Verify identity project|work=ComputerWeekly.com|access-date=2018-09-08|language=en-GB|date=5 September 2018|first=Bryan|last=Glick}}</ref>


In October 2018, [[Jo Platt]], the [[Shadow Minister]] for the Cabinet Office, said that £130 million had been spent on developing GOV.UK Verify.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.publictechnology.net/articles/news/shadow-minister-slams-government-%E2%80%98abandoning-its-responsibility%E2%80%99-verify|title=Shadow minister slams government for 'abandoning its responsibility' on Verify|first=Sam|last=Trendall|work=PublicTechnology.net|date=12 October 2018|access-date=2018-10-15|language=en}}</ref>
In October 2018, [[Jo Platt]], the [[Shadow Minister]] for the Cabinet Office, said that £130 million had been spent on developing GOV.UK Verify.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.publictechnology.net/articles/news/shadow-minister-slams-government-%E2%80%98abandoning-its-responsibility%E2%80%99-verify|title=Shadow minister slams government for 'abandoning its responsibility' on Verify|first=Sam|last=Trendall|work=PublicTechnology.net|date=12 October 2018|access-date=2018-10-15|language=en}}</ref>


==Evolution==
==Evolution and closure==
In December 2018, GDS announced that over the next 18 months they would be working with standards bodies, identity providers and the private sector to:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2018/12/20/whats-next-for-gov-uk-verify/|title=What's next for GOV.UK Verify? - Government Digital Service|website=gds.blog.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-12-20|date=20 December 2018}}</ref>
In December 2018, GDS announced that over the next 18 months they would be working with standards bodies, identity providers and the private sector to:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2018/12/20/whats-next-for-gov-uk-verify/|title=What's next for GOV.UK Verify? - Government Digital Service|website=gds.blog.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-12-20|date=20 December 2018}}</ref>
* Make the standards easier to follow and use
* Make the standards easier to follow and use
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* Make better use of government data to help people prove who they are online
* Make better use of government data to help people prove who they are online
* Open up the market based on a standards-based approach
* Open up the market based on a standards-based approach
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''Computer Weekly'' expressed concern over this approach in August 2019.<ref name="idpspullout">{{Cite web|url=https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252469110/Three-more-identity-providers-to-withdraw-from-troubled-Govuk-Verify-programme|title=Three more identity providers to withdraw from troubled Gov.uk Verify programme|website=ComputerWeekly.com|language=en|access-date=2019-09-05|date=23 August 2019|first=Bryan|last=Glick}}</ref>


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''[[Computer Weekly]]'' expressed concern over this approach in August 2019.<ref name="idpspullout">{{Cite web|url=https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252469110/Three-more-identity-providers-to-withdraw-from-troubled-Govuk-Verify-programme|title=Three more identity providers to withdraw from troubled Gov.uk Verify programme|website=ComputerWeekly.com|language=en|access-date=2019-09-05|date=23 August 2019|first=Bryan|last=Glick}}</ref>
In April 2020, funding for GOV.UK Verify was extended by 18 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="techuk" />

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In April 2020, funding for GOV.UK Verify was extended by 18 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="techuk" /> In August 2020, trade association [[TechUK]] criticised the Government's progress since 2019 as being slow and opaque.<ref name="techuk">{{Cite web|date=27 August 2020|title=Digital identities: the missing link in a UK digital economy|url=https://www.techuk.org/images/programmes/Digital_ID/digital_identities.pdf|access-date=27 August 2020|website=[[TechUK]]}}</ref> In April 2021, the platform was extended by a further two years.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Government extends Gov.uk Verify for a further two years|url=https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252499895/Government-extends-Govuk-Verify-for-a-further-two-years|access-date=2021-11-23|website=[[Computer Weekly]]|first=Lis|last=Evenstad|date=28 April 2021}}</ref>


In August 2020, trade association [[TechUK]] criticised the Government's progress since 2019 as being slow and opaque.<ref name="techuk">{{Cite web|date=27 August 2020|title=Digital identities: the missing link in a UK digital economy|url=https://www.techuk.org/images/programmes/Digital_ID/digital_identities.pdf|access-date=27 August 2020|website=[[TechUK]]}}</ref>
[[HMRC]] ceased to use Verify, which had been available for a limited number of online services in parallel with [[Government Gateway]] sign-in, with effect from April 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 March 2022 |title=HMRC withdraws GOV.UK Verify |url=https://www.icaew.com/insights/tax-news/2022/mar-2022/hmrc-withdraws-gov-uk-verify |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=[[ICAEW]] |language=en}}</ref>


On 28 October 2022, it was announced that Verify would be closed, with no new accounts created from mid-December 2022 and all Verify services closed in April 2023.<ref name="GovUK">{{Cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/introducing-govuk-verify/introducing-govuk-verify|title=GOV.UK Verify is closing|date=28 October 2022|work=[[Government Digital Service]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Say |first=Mark |date=27 April 2023 |title=GDS closes GOV.UK Verify service |url=https://www.ukauthority.com/articles/gds-closes-govuk-verify-service/ |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=UKAuthority |language=en}}</ref>
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In April 2021, the platform was extended by a further two years.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Government extends Gov.uk Verify for a further two years|url=https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252499895/Government-extends-Govuk-Verify-for-a-further-two-years|access-date=2021-11-23|website=[[Computer Weekly]]|first=Lis|last=Evenstad|date=28 April 2021}}</ref>


HMRC ceased to use Verify, which had been available for a limited number of online services in parallel with [[Government Gateway]] sign-in, with effect from April 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 March 2022 |title=HMRC withdraws GOV.UK Verify |url=https://www.icaew.com/insights/tax-news/2022/mar-2022/hmrc-withdraws-gov-uk-verify |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=[[ICAEW]] |language=en}}</ref>
The Government Digital Service is developing a replacement service, the One Login For Government.<ref>{{Cite web |title=An update on One Login for Government - Government Digital Service |url=https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2022/08/24/an-update-on-one-login-for-government/ |access-date=2022-11-16 |website=gds.blog.gov.uk |date=24 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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*[[Government Gateway]]
*[[Government Gateway]]
*[[Identity management]]
*[[Identity management]]
*[[National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace]] ([[United States|US]] equivalent initiative)
*[[National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace]] (US equivalent initiative)
*[[Open Identity Exchange]]
*[[Open Identity Exchange]]
*[[Privacy by design]]
*[[Strong authentication]]


== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==
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* [https://identityassurance.blog.gov.uk/ GOV.UK Verify blog]
* [https://identityassurance.blog.gov.uk/ GOV.UK Verify blog]
* [https://www.gov.uk/performance/govuk-verify GOV.UK Verify performance dashboard]
* [https://www.gov.uk/performance/govuk-verify GOV.UK Verify performance dashboard]
* [https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Identity-Assurance-Programme1.pdf Identity Assurance Programme briefing paper] - [[National Audit Office (United Kingdom)|National Audit Office]]
* [https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Identity-Assurance-Programme1.pdf Identity Assurance Programme briefing paper] – [[National Audit Office (United Kingdom)|National Audit Office]], December 2014
* [https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Investigation-into-verify.pdf Investigation into Verify, March 2019 - National Audit Office]
* [https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Investigation-into-verify.pdf Investigation into Verify] – National Audit Office, March 2019


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GOV.UK Verify was an identity assurance system developed by the British Government Digital Service (GDS) which was in operation between May 2016 and April 2023. The system was intended to provide a single trusted login across all British government digital services, verifying the user's identity in 15 minutes.[1] It allowed users to choose one of several companies to verify their identity to a standard level of assurance before accessing 22 central government online services.[2]

History

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The Cabinet Office started work on the system in 2011, when it was known as the Identity Assurance Programme (IDAP).[1][3] A private beta phase began in February 2014,[4] moving into public beta on 14 October 2014.[5] The system was declared live on 24 May 2016.[6][7]

In June 2018, it was announced that the responsibility for digital ID policy had moved from GDS to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. Responsibility for development and rollout of GOV.UK Verify remained with GDS.[8]

Certified companies

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Third-party companies were responsible for carrying out identity verification within the scheme. The first five companies – known as identity providers (IdPs) – that signed up to provide the service through a tender issued by the Department for Work and Pensions[9] were the Post Office, Verizon, Experian, Digidentity and Mydex CIC.[10] After a further tender issued by the Cabinet Office in 2014,[11] Barclays, GB Group, Morpho and Royal Mail became certified companies.[12]

While Mydex CIC participated in the original tender process, it did not go on to become a certified GOV.UK identity provider.[13] In 2016, Verizon was temporarily[14] and then permanently[15] removed from the list of certified providers.

In October 2018, GDS announced that five of the seven identity providers – Barclays, Digidentity, Experian, Post Office and SecureIdentity – had signed contracts for a further 18 months.[16] Users of Citizensafe from GB Group and Royal Mail's identity service would be able to continue using their GOV.UK Verify identity for twelve months, but would need to set up a new account through one of the other five companies.[16] On 24 March 2020, Barclays stopped providing new GOV.UK verify digital identities,[17] and both SecureIdentity and Experian subsequently also pulled out of providing identities for both new and existing customers.[18] This left only two providers: Post Office and Digidentity. The Post Office depended on Digidentity infrastructure to operate as an identity provider.[19]

Level of assurance

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GOV.UK Verify certified companies had to verify customers' identities to level 2 as defined by the Good Practice Guide 45 published jointly by CESG and the Cabinet Office. This level of identity assurance is intended to be sufficient to support a claim in a civil court.[20]

List of connected services

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The following 22 services were connected to GOV.UK Verify as of January 2020:[21]

Service Service provider
Total Reward Statements / Manage your NHS Pension NHS Business Services Authority
Get your State Pension Department for Work and Pensions
Sign your mortgage deed[22] HM Land Registry
Disclosure and barring service Home Office
Vehicle Operator Licensing Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
Personal tax account HM Revenue & Customs
Check your income tax HM Revenue & Customs
Renew your short term medical driving licence Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
Report a medical condition that affects your driving Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
Check your state pension Department for Work and Pensions, HM Revenue & Customs
Universal Credit Digital Service Department for Work and Pensions
Help your friends or family with their tax HM Revenue & Customs
Claim a tax refund HM Revenue & Customs
Self Assessment tax return HM Revenue & Customs
Claim for redundancy payment Insolvency Service
View or share your driving licence information Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
Rural Payments Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
PAYE for employees: Company car HM Revenue & Customs
Social Work England Identity Department for Education
Teacher Student Loan Reimbursement Scheme Department for Education
Add a driving licence check code to your mobile phone Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
Defence Cyber Protection Partnership Ministry of Defence

By October 2022, only five of those services were still using Verify:[23]

Sign your mortgage deed HM Land Registry
Disclosure and barring service Home Office
Vehicle Operator Licensing Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
Rural Payments Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Add driving licence check code to your mobile phone Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency

Use beyond central government

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Local government

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GDS worked with local authorities from 2015 to pilot the use of GOV.UK Verify by local government.[24][25][26] Local government services piloted as of July 2017 included applying for free bus passes and 'blue badge' disabled parking permits.[27]

Private sector

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From the outset, GDS had intended the use of GOV.UK Verify to be extended to the private sector. While work was underway in 2017,[28] this was still not in place in October 2018 when the GDS head Kevin Cunnington announced that "GOV.UK Verify is now mature enough for us to take it to the next stage – opening it up beyond the public sector for the private sector to take the lead".[16]

Cunnington announced that five of the identity providers had signed contracts for a further 18 months, after which the scheme would not receive further funding from government. The development of the scheme would instead be in the hands of the private sector.[16][29]

NHS

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GOV.UK Verify was one of the options considered by the National Health Service for its citizen identity solution.[30] In November 2018, the NHS announced that it was pursuing its own app-based solution, but was looking for a way to enable people who have a GOV.UK Verify account to use it to log in to NHS systems.[31]

International

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Work was underway to enable non-British citizens to access the service from September 2018.[27]

GOV.UK Verify was designed to allow interoperability with the ID schemes of other EU states, as part of the eIDAS scheme. On 28 August 2018, GOV.UK Verify took its first step towards enabling British residents to use their GOV.UK Verify account to log on to online public services in other EU countries.[32][33] The scheme was 'notified'[jargon] on 2 May 2019.[34]

Criticism

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GOV.UK Verify did not meet various targets that GDS set for it:[35]

  • The platform was originally due to launch in 2012, but did not do so until 2016.
  • The success rate in verifying individuals was 47% as of October 2018.[36]

It does not meet all the identity requirements of government departments, such as identifying intermediaries or businesses.[35]

The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) reviewed Verify in July 2018, noting the department's reluctance to continue funding the project, with another report later that year recommending that the identity assurance programme should be terminated.[37]

In October 2018, Jo Platt, the Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, said that £130 million had been spent on developing GOV.UK Verify.[38]

Evolution and closure

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In December 2018, GDS announced that over the next 18 months they would be working with standards bodies, identity providers and the private sector to:[39]

  • Make the standards easier to follow and use
  • Accept more types of identity evidence
  • Remove barriers to reuse of digital identities across the public and private sector
  • Make better use of government data to help people prove who they are online
  • Open up the market based on a standards-based approach

Computer Weekly expressed concern over this approach in August 2019.[19]

In April 2020, funding for GOV.UK Verify was extended by 18 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[40] In August 2020, trade association TechUK criticised the Government's progress since 2019 as being slow and opaque.[40] In April 2021, the platform was extended by a further two years.[41]

HMRC ceased to use Verify, which had been available for a limited number of online services in parallel with Government Gateway sign-in, with effect from April 2022.[42]

On 28 October 2022, it was announced that Verify would be closed, with no new accounts created from mid-December 2022 and all Verify services closed in April 2023.[23][43]

The Government Digital Service is developing a replacement service, the One Login For Government.[44]

See also

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Further reading

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  • Whitley, Edgar A. (November 2018), Trusted digital identity provision: GOV.UK Verify's federated approach (PDF), Center for Global Development – via London School of Economics and Political Science

References

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