Written questions

Horizon IT System: Compensation

Commons · Question 42651 · Tabled 31 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 8 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Ben Lake

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether levels of compensation payments reflect the impact that failures in the Horizon system had on the families of affected sub-postmasters.

Answer

Answered by Gareth Thomas, 8 Apr 2025

Many of the impacts experienced by family members of affected postmasters will already be compensated for under the relevant scheme in which postmasters are seeking redress. For example, there will be full compensation paid to the affected postmaster for ...