Guidance

Using GOV.UK Wallet in government

GOV.UK Wallet will make it easier to prove in your service that someone is who they say they are.

From:
Government Digital Service
Published
23 May 2025

GOV.UK Wallet will allow GOV.UK One Login users to save and use government-issued documents on their phones. 

As a government service, you’ll be able to use GOV.UK Wallet to:

  • securely save a digital version of a document you produce, for example a driving licence
  • update or remove documents, for example you could remove a document if it’s been used fraudulently
  • prove a user’s eligibility for a service using other departments’ documents

Who can use GOV.UK Wallet

Central government departments can: 

  • add a document to GOV.UK Wallet
  • use the information in GOV.UK Wallet 

For now, the following will only be able to use the information in the wallet:

  • the NHS 
  • local authorities
  • all other public sector organisations

Why use GOV.UK Wallet

GOV.UK Wallet will make it quicker and easier for users to access and share their documents with government and private organisations. 

The wallet will:

  • make it easier for your users to prove things about themselves
  • reduce the risk of fraud, for example fake applications and identity theft
  • save taxpayer money by reducing the manual checking of documents
  • reduce the need for printing, saving time and money

How GOV.UK Wallet works

Any documents added to the wallet will be bound to the proven identity linked to a user’s GOV.UK One Login. That means, for now, a user can only save their own documents in their GOV.UK Wallet.

For security, these digital documents will be stored locally on a user’s phone.

GOV.UK Wallet will only hold government-issued documents. It will not contain, for example, train or theatre tickets. 

Using GOV.UK Wallet is entirely optional, and paper or card copies of documents should still be made available.

Adding a document to GOV.UK Wallet

If you’re a central government department, let us know if you have a document that you’d like your users to add to GOV.UK Wallet. We can discuss next steps and answer any questions you may have.

Before you can use the wallet, you must already be using GOV.UK One Login in your service to prove your users’ identity.

Using the information in GOV.UK Wallet

In future, if your service needs to confirm something about a user, you’ll be able to request access to information held in a user’s wallet . 

The user will decide if they are happy to share that information with your service or not.

What you can add to GOV.UK Wallet

From summer 2025, GOV.UK Wallet will hold the HM Armed Forces Veteran Card, followed by the full driving licence. 

In time, the wallet will store government-issued documents to prove a user’s:

  • identity, for example using their driving licence
  • eligibility, for example using a veteran card 
  • suitability, for example the outcome of checks needed for some jobs
  • qualifications, for example a specific professional qualification needed for a job

GOV.UK Wallet will not hold reminders or letters. The kind of documents stored in GOV.UK Wallet are either used regularly or need to be kept, for example a user’s driving licence.

What next

If you’d like to know more about the wallet:

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