Question follow-through · 4254
Horizon IT System: Convictions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many subpostmasters had their convictions quashed as a result of the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many subpostmasters had their convictions quashed as a result of the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act.
9 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024 quashed all convictions meeting the conditions in the Act immediately upon commencement on 24 May 2024.Following the commencement of the Act, the Ministry of Justice has been working through data from a r...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Horizon IT System: Convictions
9 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many letters informing postmasters and former postmasters that their conviction has been quashed under the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024 her Department has sent.
Horizon IT System: Convictions
4 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time civil servants are working on informing postmasters and former postmasters that their conviction has been quashed under the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024.
Horizon IT System: Convictions
18 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of convicted postmasters has her Department contacted to inform them that their conviction has been quashed under the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024.
HMP Bure: Prisoners' Release
11 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released in error from HMP Bure since July 2024.
Prisons: Electric Vehicles
10 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has set a target for the installation of electric vehicle charging points across the prison estate; and how many charging points have been installed to date.