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...