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Horizon IT System: Convictions

Asked by Jerome MayhewConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 17 September 2024UIN 4865

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many letters informing postmasters and former postmasters that their conviction has been quashed under the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024 her Department has sent.

Answered by Heidi Alexander

I refer the honourable Member to the answer I gave on 10 September 2024 to Question 4254 (https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-09-04/4254).

The Government will begin to release monthly management information on the progress of the Post Office Convictions casework team. The first release of this management information will be on 3rd October 2024.

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