Horizon IT System: Compensation
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress he has made on payments through compensation schemes for postmasters impacted by failures in the Horizon system.
Answered by Gareth Thomas
The Government continues to make significant progress in delivering redress to affected postmasters. From July 2024 to 30 April 2025, more than 4,000 victims have received compensation for the first time. An additional £728 million has been paid in redress during this same time period. This means that the total amount of redress paid to victims has increased by more than four times with £964 million having now been paid to over 6,800 claimants across all schemes.
We however recognise there is a lot more still to do, and we remain committed to improving the pace at which full and fair redress is paid to the victims of the Horizon scandal.
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