Recommendation 9

The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry led by Sir Wyn Williams recommended that the government should establish a standing public body to “devise, administer and deliver schemes for providing financial redress” to persons harmed by the action or inaction of public bodies. The NAO made a similar recommendation, for a new standing public body to act as a compensating 10 C&AG’s Report, para 1.9 11 C&AG’s Report, para 3.20 12 Q5 13 GTS0008; GTS0011; GTS0014 14 Q 50 15 Q 72 14 authority to administer future time-limited compensation schemes.16 Professor Sir Jonathan Montgomery, professor of healthcare law at University College London and former chair of the expert group on the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme, spoke to us about establishing a redress commissioner or standing body that works with affected communities to set up schemes. He said that creating such structures could be beneficial in ensuring that future schemes could be created more quickly.17