Horizon IT System: Compensation
Commons · Question 57541 · Tabled 4 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Stafford
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to provide funding for legal advice for Sub-Postmasters pursuing compensation claims.
Answer
Answered by Gareth Thomas, 16 Jun 2025
The Department for Business and Trade meets the reasonable legal costs of postmasters in applying to its Horizon redress schemes, and encourages claimants to take up this offer. Legal cost frameworks and tariffs for each scheme delivered by the Department...