Using GOV.UK Wallet in the digital identity sector
Organisations certified against the trust framework will be able to use the information in GOV.UK Wallet.
GOV.UK Wallet will allow GOV.UK One Login users to save and use government-issued documents on their phones to prove things about themselves.
At a user’s request, digital verification services will be able to access and use the information in GOV.UK Wallet to offer a range of ways to prove identity. The powers to access and use the information are laid out in the Data (Use and Access) Bill.
Digital verification services will first need to be certified against the UK digital identity and attributes trust framework, and added to the digital identity and attribute services register.
How digital verification services can use GOV.UK Wallet
Once on the register, digital verification services will be able to use GOV.UK Wallet in 2 ways. They could do any, or all, of the following:
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Use the information in GOV.UK Wallet to offer a range of identity and attribute services.
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Provide information from GOV.UK Wallet to other businesses who need to prove information about an individual.
Find out more about how this will work in our technical documentation.
1. Proving identity using GOV.UK Wallet
If certified as an identity or attribute service provider, services can use the information in GOV.UK Wallet to help someone prove something about themselves digitally. This is similar to how this is done now using physical documents.
If they are also certified as a holder service, they could use information from GOV.UK Wallet to create a new reusable digital identity document. This is also known as a ‘derived credential’. It could either prove specific things like age, or contain a range of different identity information.
2. Providing GOV.UK Wallet information to other businesses
Businesses certified as orchestration service providers can move information from GOV.UK Wallet to another business to prove something about a user. For example, they could connect GOV.UK Wallet with an online shop so it can share a user’s age.
There’ll be no record of where the documents in GOV.UK Wallet have been used, or for what purpose.
What’s in GOV.UK Wallet
From summer 2025, GOV.UK Wallet will hold the HM Armed Forces Veteran Card, followed by the full driving licence. More government documents will be added over time.
Only government documents can be saved in GOV.UK Wallet. Users will not be able to save other types of documents, for example train or concert tickets.
What next
We’ll be publishing more information about how to get started as a digital verification service in the coming months.
In the meantime, you can:
- take a look at our technical documentation, and give us feedback
- contact gov.uk.wallet-queries@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk if you’d like to take part in user research to help shape how GOV.UK Wallet will work with the private sector
- find out more about how to be certified against the trust framework