Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 57541

Horizon IT System: Compensation

Tabled: 4 June 2025
Answered: 16 June 2025

Question

Gregory Stafford

ConservativeFarnham and Bordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to provide funding for legal advice for Sub-Postmasters pursuing compensation claims.

Answer

Gareth Thomas
The Department for Business and Trade meets the reasonable legal costs of postmasters in applying to its Horizon redress schemes, and encourages claimants to take up this offer. Legal cost frameworks and tariffs for each scheme delivered by the Department...

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