Written questions

Horizon IT System: Convictions

Commons · Question 6474 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 14 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Jerome Mayhew

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time civil servants are working on informing postmasters and former postmasters that their conviction has been quashed under the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024.

Answer

Answered by Heidi Alexander, 14 Oct 2024

The Horizon scandal was an unprecedented miscarriage of justice and the Government is working to notify all postmasters whose convictions have been quashed as quickly as possible. This work is carried out through a specially trained casework team who asse...