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UIN 89846

Horizon IT System

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answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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11 November 2025

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19 November 2025 · Answer

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19 November 2025

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of Post Office (a) litigation, (b) compensation schemes and (c) public communications related to Horizon IT.

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  1. 11 November 2025

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of Post Office (a) litigation, (b) compensation schemes and (c) public communications related to Horizon IT.

    Source: Commons

  2. 19 November 2025

    Answer

    No public funding commitments nor costs have been incurred to date with regards to litigation.At the Autumn Budget 2024, the government set aside £1.8 billion of funding for redress payments from 2024-25 in addition to around £200 million that had already...

    Source: Written answer

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