Post Office and Horizon

Business and Trade Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 4 Mar 2020 Closed: 27 Apr 2022 Parliament page
This inquiry explores issues emerging from the Horizon IT Court cases, looking at the impact on sub-postmasters and its effect on the future viability of the Post Office, and examining the lessons the Government and Post Office Ltd have learned from a scandal which saw hundreds of sub-postmasters accused of … Read more
20 Recommendations
9 Conclusions
1 Report
4 Oral sessions
15 Letters
4 Events
Activity timeline 21 events
27 Apr
2022
Report published
22 Feb
2022
Correspondence
17 Feb
2022
Report published
9 Feb
2022
Correspondence
11 Jan
2022
Oral evidence
14 Dec
2021
Oral evidence
8 Sep
2021
Correspondence
26 May
2021
Correspondence
29 Apr
2021
Correspondence
22 Oct
2020
Correspondence
7 Oct
2020
Correspondence
25 Jun
2020
Correspondence
Oral evidence sessions 4 sessions
11 Jan 2022
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Post Office
Carl Creswell · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Nick Read · Post Office Ltd Paul Scully · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Tom Cooper · Post Office Ltd
14 Dec 2021
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Oral evidence session
Alan Bates, former Sub-postmaster · Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance Dr Neil Hudgell · Hudgell Solicitors Jo Hamilton - Former Sub-postmaster Paul Harry - Former Sub-postmaster
24 Mar 2020
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Carl Creswell · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Nick Read · Post Office Ltd Paula Vennells CBE · Post Office Paul Scully · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Rob Putland · Fujitsu Tom Cooper · Post Office Ltd
10 Mar 2020
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Post Office and Horizon
Alan Bates, former Sub-postmaster · Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance Andy Furey · Communication Workers Union Calum Greenhow · National Federation of SubPostmasters Ian Henderson · Second Sight Forensic Accountants Ron Warmington · Second Sight Forensic Accountants Tracy Felstead, former Sub-postmaster Wendy Buffrey, former Sub-postmaster
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Eighth Report - Post Office and Horizon - Compensation: interim… HC 1129 17 Feb 2022 29 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
3 results
Clear
3 Conclusion Accepted in Part
Eighth Report - Post Office and Ho…
We are deeply concerned that, despite the efforts that the Post Office Ltd.
We are deeply concerned that, despite the efforts that the Post Office Ltd. (POL) has made to contact them, so few sub-postmasters have approached POL to begin the process of overturning ‘unsafe’ Horizon convictions. POL has conceded that this might … Read more
Government Response
The government will not set up a new independent body but will work with existing independent bodies like the Criminal Cases Review Commission to contact postmasters with Horizon-related convictions and offer support.
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4 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Eighth Report - Post Office and Ho…
We recommend that the Government urgently set up an independent intermediary body as a trusted...
We recommend that the Government urgently set up an independent intermediary body as a trusted first point of contact for those wrongly convicted because of Horizon, in particular for the 576 convicted sub-postmasters who have not yet come forward. The … Read more
Government Response
The government will not set up a new independent body but will work with existing independent bodies, such as the CCRC, to contact postmasters and offer support.
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28 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Eighth Report - Post Office and Ho…
We have recommended in this Report that the Government set up a properly resourced independent...
We have recommended in this Report that the Government set up a properly resourced independent intermediary to assist sub-postmasters seeking to overturn convictions and seek compensation. We recommend that this same body should also be tasked with assisting sub-postmasters who … Read more
Government Response
The government expresses concern that setting up an independent body would cause further delays, but it has advised the Post Office to take further action, including appointing an intermediary body to provide independent advice, assistance with routes to compensation, legal advice, and strengthened emotional and well-being support.
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Government Response AI assessment · 29 of 20 classified
Accepted 14
Accepted in Part 3
Acknowledged 12
Total 20 recs + 9 conclusions
Correspondence 15 letters
22 Feb 2022 To committee Letter from Nick Read, Chief Executive, Post Office Limited on compensation for victims of the Horizon Scandal
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9 Feb 2022 To committee Letter from the Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets on costs relating to Post Office and Horizon issues
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8 Sep 2021 To committee Letter from the Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets on compensation payments for Postmasters
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26 May 2021 To committee Letter from the Minister to the Chair relating to the Post Office and Horizon IT Inquiry
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29 Apr 2021 To committee Letter from the Minister to the Chair relating to the Court of Appeal overturning the convictions of 39 Postmasters
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22 Oct 2020 To committee Letter from the Minister to the Chair regarding the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry
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7 Oct 2020 To committee Letter from Chair to Minister on the Independent Review into the Post Office Ltd Horizon IT system
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25 Jun 2020 To committee Letter from Minister on Independent Review into Post Office and Horizon
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25 Jun 2020 To committee Letter from Fujitsu Ltd on Post Office and Horizon
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25 Jun 2020 To committee Letter from Nick Read on Post Office and Horizon
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25 Jun 2020 To committee Letter from Paula Vennells on Post Office and Horizon
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3 Jun 2020 To committee Letter from Chair to Fujitsu
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3 Jun 2020 To committee Letter from Chair to Paula Vennells
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3 Jun 2020 To committee Letter from Chair to Nick Read
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4 Mar 2020 From committee Letter to the Prime Minister on Post Office dated 3 March 2020
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