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Set agreed closing date for Horizon Shortfall Scheme applications

Post Office Horizon Inquiry · First Interim Report: Compensation · Issued 17 July 2023 · Addressed to: Department for Business and Trade

Government responseDepartment for Business and Trade: Accepted in part (Oct 2023)

DeliveryNo statement from Department for Business and Trade found

Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry

●Inquiry recommendation

No applications for compensation to HSS shall be entertained after such date as shall be agreed by the Minister/ DBT, the Post Office and the Horizon Compensation Advisory Board.

Post Office Horizon Inquiry, First Interim Report: Compensation · 17 Jul 2023 Source PDF →

Published evidence summary

AI-generated evidence summary

The Inquiry asked for an agreed closing date for Horizon Shortfall Scheme applications. In October 2023, the Department for Business and Trade stated that it would discuss and agree an appropriate closing date with the Post Office, seek advice from the advisory board, and notify the inquiry and potential claimants once a decision was made (Department for Business and Trade response, Oct 2023).

AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 1 Oct 2026.

Government response

●Department for Business and Trade · Accepted in part · 26 Oct 2023

Words of: Department for Business and Trade, DBT response to the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry's first interim report: compensation, published on GOV.UK 26 October 2023

The department will discuss and agree an appropriate closing date with the Post Office. Advice will be sought from the advisory board and the department will notify the inquiry and potential claimants of the decision when made.

Extract from: DBT response to the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry's first interim report: compensation

Site note: The Department for Business and Trade's response to the Inquiry's first interim report. The page prints no date; GOV.UK records it as first published on 26 October 2023, the date the site uses.

Delivery

No statement on delivery from Department for Business and Trade has been found in the sources searched. This is separate from the response above.

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