Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 6474

Horizon IT System: Convictions

Tabled: 4 October 2024

Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Jerome Mayhew

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time civil servants are working on informing postmasters and former postmasters that their conviction has been quashed under the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024.

Answer

Heidi Alexander

The Horizon scandal was an unprecedented miscarriage of justice and the Government is working to notify all postmasters whose convictions have been quashed as quickly as possible. This work is carried out through a specially trained casework team who asse...

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