Question follow-through · 75311
Horizon IT System: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the mean average length of time from submission to payment for (a) the Horizon Shortfall Scheme (b) the Group Litigation Order Scheme and (c) the Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 12 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the mean average length of time from submission to payment for (a) the Horizon Shortfall Scheme (b) the Group Litigation Order Scheme and (c) the Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme.
9 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Sept 2025
Answer published
This Government has greatly accelerated redress. The total amount paid to victims has increased fivefold since July 2024. We have begun payments of a £75,000 fixed offer for those postmasters in the Horizon Shortfall Scheme (HSS) who want to accept it.For...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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