Written questions

Horizon IT System: Compensation

Lords · Question HL5977 · Tabled 19 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 10 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Wigley

To ask His Majesty's Government by what date they anticipate that all compensation payments arising from the Post Office Horizon issue will be fully paid.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, 10 Apr 2025

Horizon redress applications continue to be received and no deadlines have yet been set for them. However the Department’s target for the schemes which it administers is to respond to 90% of full claims within 40 working days. We hope, for example, to hav...