Question follow-through · 11296

Horizon IT System: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the independent appeals process for the Horizon Shortfall Scheme will start accepting applications.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
28 Oct 2024
Target answer date
30 Oct 2024
Answer
7 Nov 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the independent appeals process for the Horizon Shortfall Scheme will start accepting applications.

  2. 30 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    In September, the Government announced that it would establish an HSS appeals process to provide individuals with a chance to have their claims reassessed through a DBT-run process. We are working with representative groups and the Horizon Compensation Ad...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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