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 ...