More government services including online benefit and driving licence portals are preparing to adopt the identity assurance service GOV.UK Verify by March, according to an official statement.Four out of the six services that were planned to be using GOV.UK Verify by December 2014 are now connected to the hub, according to the Government Digital Service.Out of the four services currently connected, a company car tax, a tax self-assessment and rural payments portals are already open to the public.The new entrants to the scheme include services related to redundancy payments, changes of address and tax credit renewals.Significantly, the UK's Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is also expecting to connect its View Driving Licence service to the hub in January 2015 and the GDS expects that people will be able to access the service through GOV.UK Verify from March 2015.GOV.UK Verify uses certified companies (also known as identity providers) to undertake a set of checks to establish to a defined level of confidence in a person's identity. It has also built a document checking service so that identity providers can check information digitally matches a valid record.Identity checks are typically based on financial records, such as credit card or mortgage history.

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