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<p>Our understanding is that this is a request to know the cost of creating digital
identities that are used to verify an individual. Users do not pay to verify their
identity. It is the private sector that creates digital identity accounts that are
then consumed by government services. The costs incurred by these private sector companies,
that vary depending on the type of digital identity being created, is information
that is held by the relevant commercial organisations</p><p><br> We hope that we have
interpreted the Members question correctly. If the Member is asking how much the Government
pays to the different private sector companies for the identities they create, this
is commercially sensitive information and cannot be released. Any information that
may lead to a breach of commercial sensitivity with our private sector suppliers would
have a negative impact on the relationship between Government and its partners.</p>
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