The government has also talked about making drivings licences digital (i.e. apps)
People suspect a lot more than it being used in conjunction with the OSA. it can be extended in all sorts of ways. Once available it will be used for more and more.
It is not necessary for employment and housing as there are already documents that can be checked on the rare occasions people rent housing or get a new job. It is only worth doing if it is something people will use daily. Essentially people will be coerced into carrying a Google or Apple smartphone with the ID app on it.
I hadn't heard about that one. Source?
https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/62773/documents/708...
> 16LB (1) The Secretary of State may by regulations specify a description of consistent identifier for the purposes of this section.
Such provisions are ripe for abuse – somewhat tempered by 16LB(6), but that relies on the designated person's discretion (which itself is constrained by 16LB(12), and my experience with educational folk suggests they take such guidance seriously, even when they profoundly disagree with it), and having a database in the first place is the major issue. Ignore the rest of this comment.
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That doesn't seem to say that? It says:
> 16LB (2) “Consistent identifier” means any identifier (such as, for example, a number or code used for identification purposes) that—
> (a) relates to a child, and
> (b) forms part of a set of similar identifiers that is of general application.
School ID plus some school-specific identifier would suffice, if I'm reading this right.
That said, I'm not sure why you'd write this into a law under my interpretation, since it's already current practice to take actions that are "likely to facilitate the exercise by any person of a function of that person that relates to safeguarding or promoting the welfare of children", and to avoid actions that "would be more detrimental to the child than not including it", so maybe this is one of the things that you need to be a legal expert to understand.
On the other hand, according to The Times yesterday the cabinet isn't happy with digital ID. It's as obvious to them as it is to everyone else that digital ID won't make a jot of difference to illegal working. And may well lose them votes.