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1696148

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Horizon IT System
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much and what proportion of the funding for Post Office redress schemes has been allocated to fund the Group Litigation Order scheme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	18674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>There is no fixed allocation of funding for Horizon scandal redress payments. Each redress claim is considered on its merits and the Government is committed to ensuring all necessary funding is available to pay all claims as soon as they are agreed.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 20/03/2024 17:38:33 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1694672

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Horizon IT System
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what her planned timetable is to introduce legislation to exonerate sub-postmasters impacted by the Horizon IT System.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	17701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill was introduced to the House of Commons on 13 March. With the will of both Houses of Parliament, the Government’s intention is that the Bill receives Royal Assent as soon as possible before Summer Recess. Convictions in scope will be quashed on Royal Assent.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 21/03/2024 10:27:41 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1692926

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Horizon IT System
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many formal complaints from Post Office sub-postmasters about the Horizon software that was updated in 2017 (1) have been made, and (2) still need to be resolved, about discrepancies and cash shortfalls in individual post offices; and in what towns and cities these complaints were made.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL2922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>This is an operational matter for Post Office Limited. Post Office however continues to make improvements to the system and will be moving away from Horizon to a new cloud-based IT system. Government recently announced that it is providing £103 million to help with the development of the replacement for the Horizon IT system and to ensure Horizon is maintained while that replacement is rolled out.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 14/03/2024 16:22:12 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1692415

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Horizon IT System
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what weighting the Post Office Horizon compensation scheme gives to individual sub-postmaster’s (a) mental health, (b) physical health and (c) family circumstances when calculating compensation offers.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	16097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2024 answer text <p>Across the compensation schemes, cases are assessed individually on their facts in accordance with established legal principles. On the Horizon Shortfall Scheme (HSS) and GLO scheme, postmasters can claim for any losses they have experienced as a result of Horizon shortfalls. Similarly, postmasters with overturned convictions can claim for any loss they have suffered as a result of their conviction. These losses can include the impact on their mental or physical health.</p><p>Where family members have also been affected, the joint losses are also recoverable under the various Horizon-related compensation schemes.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 08/03/2024 15:54:07 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1692268

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Horizon IT System
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of when postmasters and postmistresses will receive legal exoneration through legislation; and when they expect that legislation to come into force.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL2813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>The Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill was introduced to the House of Commons on 13 March. With the will of both Houses of Parliament, the Government’s intention is that the Bill receives Royal Assent as soon as possible before Summer Recess. Convictions in scope will be quashed on Royal Assent.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 22/03/2024 14:47:49 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1691869

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Horizon IT System
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to place a copy of the Project Zebra review, associated with the Post Office Horizon scandal, in the Library of the House.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL2759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not have a copy of the Project Zebra review. Like other aspects of the Horizon scandal, this is a matter for the statutory Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, chaired by Sir Wyn Williams, to look into</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 11/03/2024 16:59:33 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1691873

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Horizon IT System
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether any Government departments knew about the flaws in the Post Office’s Horizon software system prior to the privatisation of Royal Mail.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL2763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>This is a matter for the statutory Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, chaired by Sir Wyn Williams, to look into. It would be wrong for the Government to prejudice its work.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 11/03/2024 17:00:15 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1690962

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Horizon IT System
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total value of shortfalls claimed back by the Post Office from staff affected by issues with the Horizon software system.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL2682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>We do not have an estimate. Postmasters who paid shortfalls which were recorded in Horizon to the Post Office are paid those amounts back in their compensation claims, as well as any other financial and personal damage which they have suffered as a consequence of the IT system. We have already made payments totalling £160m across all three compensation schemes.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 06/03/2024 12:02:53 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1690476

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Horizon IT System
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many people who worked in the investigation unit of the Post Office during the period in which Horizon prosecutions took place were still employed by the Post Office as of 20 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	14898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>This is a HR matter for Post Office Ltd as the Department does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 27/02/2024 17:57:33 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1690487

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Horizon IT System
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the Government received the review by Jonathan Swift KC entitled A review on behalf of the Chairman of Post Office Limited concerning the steps taken in response to various complaints made by sub-postmasters, published on 8 February 2016.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	14817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>Mr Swift’s report was written in February 2016, and the Department first received a copy of it when preparing for a Select Committee hearing in March 2020. The Department released it publicly in August 2022.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 23/02/2024 14:01:24 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones