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<p>Design and delivery of the GOV.UK Verify platform is the responsibility of the
Government Digital Service (GDS) and its partners. The Department for Work and Pensions,
along with other government departments is a user of this service, and provides feedback
to GDS about its operation, recognising that people wanting to claim Universal Credit,
or check their State Pension, can choose to use it to confirm their identity. The
Department has no access to this information and claimants have direct contact with
identity providers (also called ‘certified companies’).</p><p> </p><p>The Department
will continue to consider options to provide the easiest and most secure digital services
for our claimants.</p><p /><p>There are various ways in which a claimant can verify
their identity for Universal Credit purposes: in person using primary and secondary
ID verification or; by using biographical questions, for those who do not have identity
documents.</p>
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