Question follow-through · 81845
Horizon IT System: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 October 2025 entitled Volume 1 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report: Government response to recommendations, HCWS937, whether his Depar
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 14 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 20 Oct 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 October 2025 entitled Volume 1 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report: Government response to recommendations, HCWS937, whether his Depar
20 Oct 2025
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20 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Department currently has no plans to publish anonymised case studies but may explore this in future. We do, however, publish monthly updates on redress delivery, which provide detailed insights into the number of claims received, offers made, and sett...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Steel Council: Meetings
21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on which dates the Steel Council has met since its formation in January 2025.
Iron and Steel
21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to publish the UK Steel Strategy.
Post Office: Public Consultation
21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many responses his Department has received to the his Department's consultation on the Green Paper: Future of the Post Office, which closed on 6 October 2025.
Post Office: Public Consultation
21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on the Green Paper: Future of the Post Office, which closed on 6 October 2025.
Post Office: ICT
21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what procurement process his Department intends to use for selecting a replacement service for the Horizon system.
Bank Services: Post Offices
30 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Green Paper consultation on the Future of the Post Office, which ended on 6 October 2025. what progress he has made on holding joint discussions with the Post Office and banks on
Energy Intensive Industries: Government Assistance
3 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the uplift in Network Charging Compensation Scheme relief on small and medium-sized manufacturers not eligible for EII status.
Energy Intensive Industries: Government Assistance
3 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to publish a list of (a) sectors and (b) companies eligible for the 90% relief under the revised Network Charging Compensation Scheme.
Energy Intensive Industries: Government Assistance
3 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the uplift in compensation for energy intensive industries does not lead to increased costs for other electricity consumers.
Energy Intensive Industries: Government Assistance
3 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has conducted a regional impact assessment of the Network Charging Compensation Scheme uplift on industrial competitiveness across the devolved nations.
Energy Intensive Industries: Government Assistance
3 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is planning to take to (a) monitor and (b) evaluate the effectiveness of the 90% compensation rate in supporting (i) decarbonisation and (ii) energy efficiency in energy intensive industr
Energy Intensive Industries: Government Assistance
4 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the uplifted Network Charging Compensation Scheme on the UK’s industrial electricity price competitiveness relative to other G7 economies.