Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 4254

Horizon IT System: Convictions

Tabled: 4 September 2024

Answered: 10 September 2024

Named Day

Question

Jerome Mayhew

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many subpostmasters had their convictions quashed as a result of the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act.

Answer

Heidi Alexander

The Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024 quashed all convictions meeting the conditions in the Act immediately upon commencement on 24 May 2024.Following the commencement of the Act, the Ministry of Justice has been working through data from a r...

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