Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 81846

Horizon IT System: Compensation

Tabled: 14 October 2025

Answered: 20 October 2025

Named Day

Question

Dame Harriett Baldwin

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Volume 1 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report: Government response to recommendations, HCWS937, what steps he has taken to (a) assess and (b) compensate for non-financial loss

Answer

Blair McDougall

Redress is available for both financial and non-financial losses. Across the compensation schemes, cases are assessed individually on their facts and in accordance with established legal principles. The losses compensated may include impacts on mental or ...

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