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Horizon IT System: Compensation

Commons · Question 81844 · Tabled 14 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 20 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, what steps his De

Answer

Answered by Blair McDougall, 20 Oct 2025

The Government recognises the challenges some postmasters face in providing evidence, particularly where significant time has passed or records have been lost or destroyed. The independent panel assessing each case takes these difficulties into account wh...