Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 42651

Horizon IT System: Compensation

Tabled: 31 March 2025
Answered: 8 April 2025

Question

Ben Lake

Plaid CymruCeredigion Preseli

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether levels of compensation payments reflect the impact that failures in the Horizon system had on the families of affected sub-postmasters.

Answer

Gareth Thomas
Many of the impacts experienced by family members of affected postmasters will already be compensated for under the relevant scheme in which postmasters are seeking redress. For example, there will be full compensation paid to the affected postmaster for ...

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