Publish Advisory Board meeting reports within 21 days
Post Office Horizon Inquiry · First Interim Report: Compensation · Issued 17 July 2023 · Addressed to: Department for Business and Trade
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
The Horizon Compensation Advisory Board shall produce written reports in respect of each of their meetings in relation to each of the 3 schemes and publish the same within 21 days of the date of each meeting.
Post Office Horizon Inquiry, First Interim Report: Compensation · 17 Jul 2023 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
Publicly available evidence relating to this recommendation:
- The Horizon Compensation Advisory Board has published written reports for each of its meetings since this recommendation was made, available on GOV.UK (Horizon Compensation Advisory Board published reports, ongoing).
Response — verbatim from government
●Department for Business and Trade
Department for Business and Trade accepts this recommendation. Written reports are already being published and shall be issued within a week of each meeting unless the Board agrees otherwise.
Department for Business and Trade · 21 Sep 2023 Written response →
Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
- 31 Jan 2026 Verification: Interim report recommendations largely implemented through Post Office (Horizon System) Compensation Act 2024 and scheme operational changes. HSS closing date set as 31 January 2026. Sir Gary Hickinbottom appointed to oversee scheme fairness. Source →
- 21 Sep 2023 · Department for Business and Trade Government response: Accepted. Department for Business and Trade accepts this recommendation. Written reports are already being published and shall be issued within a week of each meeting unless the Board agrees otherwise.... Source →
- 1 Jan 2026 · Horizon Compensation Advisory Board The Horizon Compensation Advisory Board has published written reports for each of its meetings since this recommendation was made. Reports are available on GOV.UK. View source → Confirmed Completed
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