Regulatory Impact Statement: Using personal information for identity verification purposes in law enforcement [pdf, 644 KB]
...Incident’ have detailed the weaknesses in our identity verification processes. These weaknesses largely stem from government agencies failing to share information necessary to verify whether individuals are who they say they are and whether they are permitted to leave the country. The main constraint that we have faced in our regulatory impact analysis is time. The Government has committed to introducing legislation as quickly as possible to improve the ability of agencies to verify i...