Written questions

Horizon IT System: Compensation

Commons · Question 52231 · Tabled 14 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 21 May 2025

Question

Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress he has made on payments through compensation schemes for postmasters impacted by failures in the Horizon system.

Answer

Answered by Gareth Thomas, 21 May 2025

The Government continues to make significant progress in delivering redress to affected postmasters. From July 2024 to 30 April 2025, more than 4,000 victims have received compensation for the first time. An additional £728 million has been paid in redres...