Question follow-through · 9943
Horizon IT System: Convictions
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.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 18 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 22 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 28 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Oct 2024
Question tabled
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.
22 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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28 Oct 2024
Answer published
I refer the honourable Member to our GOV.UK page where we now publish monthly management information on the progress of the Post Office Convictions casework team. This page can be found at: Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024: Quashed convictio...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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