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...