United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 41966
Horizon IT System: Compensation
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3 September 2021
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8 September 2021 · Answer
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8 September 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many current and former postmasters were (a) contacted and (b) unable to be traced by the Post Office in response to the opening of the Historical Shortfall Scheme.
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3 September 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many current and former postmasters were (a) contacted and (b) unable to be traced by the Post Office in response to the opening of the Historical Shortfall Scheme.
Source: Commons
8 September 2021
Answer
There were 27127 letters sent to current and former postmasters notifying them of the scheme. Additionally, on the 4 May 2020 Post Office Ltd commenced a sustained paid for media campaign, which was used to highlight the scheme’s existence to postmasters ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-09-03/41966
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1352437
- uk · wq-1352437 · source updated 8 September 2021