Horizon IT System: Compensation
Commons · Question 81846 · 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 Volume 1 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report: Government response to recommendations, HCWS937, what steps he has taken to (a) assess and (b) compensate for non-financial loss
Answer
Answered by Blair McDougall, 20 Oct 2025
Redress is available for both financial and non-financial losses. Across the compensation schemes, cases are assessed individually on their facts and in accordance with established legal principles. The losses compensated may include impacts on mental or ...