Horizon IT System: Compensation
Commons · Question 71787 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 15 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Luke Akehurst
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the time taken to award compensation payments to victims of the Horizon Scandal.
Answer
Answered by Blair McDougall, 15 Sep 2025
This Government has greatly accelerated redress. We have launched the Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme (HCRS) and Horizon Shortfall Scheme Appeals process. We have begun payments of a £75,000 fixed offer for those postmasters in the Horizon Shortfall Sc...