Question follow-through · 52231
Horizon IT System: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress he has made on payments through compensation schemes for postmasters impacted by failures in the Horizon system.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 14 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2025
- Answer
- 21 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress he has made on payments through compensation schemes for postmasters impacted by failures in the Horizon system.
20 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 May 2025
Answer published
The Government continues to make significant progress in delivering redress to affected postmasters. From July 2024 to 30 April 2025, more than 4,000 victims have received compensation for the first time. An additional £728 million has been paid in redres...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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2 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned timeline is for compensation payments to people impacted by the Post Office data breach in June 2024.
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2 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Post Office has taken to prevent future data breaches.
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2 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to commission an independent investigation into the Post Office data breach in June 2024.
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