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Horizon Shortfall Scheme: Appeals

Commons · Question 81289 · Tabled 13 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 16 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 October 2025 entitled Volume 1 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report: Government response to recommendations, HCWS937, whether legal sup

Answer

Answered by Blair McDougall, 16 Oct 2025

In line with the Government’s response to Recommendation 9 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report, postmasters who accepted fixed sum offers under the Horizon Shortfall Scheme will be able to seek funded legal advice if they wish to apply for permis...