2025
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Due to the Data (Use and Access) Act coming into law on 19 June 2025, this guidance is under review and may be subject to change. The Plans for new and updated guidance page will tell you about which guidance will be updated and when this will happen.
Department for Education
Exit date: May 2025
The Department for Education entered the Sandbox to develop their ‘Education Credential’ which uses innovative concepts of decentralised identity and verified credentials to allow post-16 students within the English education system to access, manage and share their information when applying and enrolling into further education institutions. The aim of the education credential is to streamline existing application and enrolment processes that currently use time consuming methods such as paper-based forms, manual input and photocopying which duplicates effort.
Read the Department for Education exit report
Kestrix
Exit date: May 2025
Kestrix Ltd entered the Regulatory Sandbox for support in navigating privacy and data protection compliance, as well as addressing public concerns about drone use. Kestrix is a technology startup focused on analysing thermal images of buildings to assess heat loss and generate efficiency retrofit plans. This data is intended to support social housing providers, local and city authorities, energy/utility providers and mortgage providers, as well as end customers/residents to plan and price retrofits faster, ultimately accelerating decarbonisation, with the aim of helping the UK achieve its Net Zero goals.