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UIN 29841

Horizon IT System: Compensation

answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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16 March 2020

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19 March 2020 · Answer

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19 March 2020

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much has been paid from the public purse to individual sub-postmasters since the group litigation settlement on the Horizon IT system on 12 December 2019.

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  1. 16 March 2020

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much has been paid from the public purse to individual sub-postmasters since the group litigation settlement on the Horizon IT system on 12 December 2019.

    Source: Commons

  2. 19 March 2020

    Answer

    On 11 December 2019, Post Office Ltd reached a settlement of £57.75m to conclude the Horizon litigation claim. No government money was used to fund the settlement or the related litigation. These were fully funded by Post Office Ltd from its commercial re...

    Source: Written answer

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