Select committee: Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee
Recommendation 5
1st Report - Post Office and Horizon scandal redress: Unfinished business
Published 1 Jan 2025
Addressed to Department for Business and Trade
Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee Post Office Horizon scandal: fast and fair redress All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Recommendation (the committee's words)
The Committee has learned that it will take around 18 months for the Independent Panel to assess outstanding claims on the Horizon Shortfall Scheme. We have also learned that the Post Office are expecting thousands 24 of new cases to come forward. A panel central to the process that assesses all claims meeting twice a week will not deliver swift justice for sub-postmasters. The Independent Panel must be resourced to meet full time until the majority of first offers have been issued. (Recommendation, Paragraph 22)
From: Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee, 1st Report - Post Office and Horizon scandal redress: Unfinished business (HC 341), 1 January 2025
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 25 March 2025 (deadline 1 March 2025).