Notice of Motion - Digital ID scheme

Proposed · This went to the meeting on Tue 24 Mar 2026. What was decided is in that meeting's minutes.

Councillor Tutt has submitted a notice of motion, seconded by Councillor Field, about the Government's announced plans to introduce a Digital ID scheme for UK residents. p2p3

The motion states that the scheme, while no longer intended to be mandatory, would be a key channel for residents to access public services, and says this could risk excluding people such as older people, those on lower incomes, or those without access to digital technology. p4p5

It says the scheme raises privacy and civil liberties concerns and could waste taxpayers' money on a large IT project, citing current cost estimates of £1.8bn. p6p7

It also proposes working with local voluntary, digital inclusion and civil liberties groups so that no resident in East Sussex is penalised or excluded by any national identification scheme. p13

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• p2MOTION WORDING The following Notice of Motion has been submitted by Councillor Tutt and seconded by Councillor Field.
• p3Council notes the recent announcement by Keir Starmer’s Labour Government of plans to introduce a Digital ID scheme for UK residents.
• p4Council further notes that the Government’s plan whilst no longer intended to be mandatory would be a key channel for residents to obtain access to public services and entitlements.
• p5This could risk disenfranchising millions of people, particularly older people, those on lower incomes, or those without access to digital technology.
• p6This raises significant privacy and civil liberties concerns.
• p7This could result in billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money being wasted on a massive IT project, (current cost estimates are £1.8bn) with no clear benefit or safeguards.
• p13To work with local voluntary, digital inclusion and civil liberties groups to ensure that no resident in East Sussex is penalised or excluded as a result of any national identification scheme.