Written questions

Post Office: Data Protection

Commons · Question 56202 · Tabled 2 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 5 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned timeline is for compensation payments to people impacted by the Post Office data breach in June 2024.

Answer

Answered by Gareth Thomas, 5 Jun 2025

These matters are the responsibility of the Post Office, although the Department for Business and Trade has made clear to them the very serious view which we take of this breach and the need to avoid similar failings in future. The Information Commissione...