Impact assessment

Digital right to work and rent checks for British and Irish citizens: equality impact assessments

Equality impact assessments undertaken in relation to the use of digital right to work and rent checks for British and Irish citizens from 6 April 2022.

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Documents

Digital right to work and rent checks for British and Irish citizens: equality impact assessment, 2 November 2021

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Digital right to work and rent checks for British and Irish citizens: equality impact assessment, 10 February 2022

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Details

From 6 April 2022, employers have been able to conduct digital right to work and rent checks on British and Irish citizens with a valid passport (or Irish passport card), rather than relying on manual document-based right to work and rent checks.

Updates to this page

Published 21 March 2023

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