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Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry

Asked by Sorcha EastwoodAllianceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 13 March 2025UIN 35459

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his expected timeline is for (a) receiving and (b) responding to the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry.

Answered by Gareth Thomas

Sir Wyn Williams is committed to progressing matters as swiftly as he can. Now that the final Phase of gathering oral evidence is complete, Sir Wyn will look to deliver his report on what happened, what went wrong and why. He said in December 2024 that publication would take “many months”. Once the report is published, the Government will respond in due course.

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