The Post Office has won a government contract to carry out in-person identity checks for people who need extra support using GOV.UK One Login.

GOV.UK One Login, which is already live with 22 services, provides a single account for people to log in, prove and reuse their identity when accessing central government services.

The portal, which is being used by around 2.19 million people in the UK, is designed to replace hundreds of logins across existing services so users only have to input information to prove their identity once.

Around 1,000 Post Offices will provide this in-person identity check for people wanting to confirm their identity in order to use GOV.UK One Login.

“We are delighted to be extending our successful relationship with government in the identity services field," said Nick Read, Post Office chief executive. "Postmasters provide a trusted and reassuring face-to-face service for millions of people each week, and this combined with our physical presence and long history of successfully enabling people to prove their identity, were all key to us securing this important new contract."

Read added that the move would generate additional revenue and footfall for branches now providing a full range of identity checks.

The new contacts comes after the Post Office, alongside its partner Yoti, became the first certified identity services provider in the UK last June.

The service enables people to digitally prove their Right to Work and their Right to Rent or complete their Disclosure and Barring Service application.

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