Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 71787

Horizon IT System: Compensation

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 15 September 2025

Question

Luke Akehurst

LabourNorth Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the time taken to award compensation payments to victims of the Horizon Scandal.

Answer

Blair McDougall
This Government has greatly accelerated redress. We have launched the Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme (HCRS) and Horizon Shortfall Scheme Appeals process. We have begun payments of a £75,000 fixed offer for those postmasters in the Horizon Shortfall Sc...

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 71787) →