POH-IR1-2 Response Accepted

Publish Advisory Board meeting reports within 21 days

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.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
- The Department for Business and Trade accepted this recommendation on 21 September 2023, confirming written reports were already being published and would be issued within a week of each meeting unless the Board agreed otherwise (Government response to the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry interim report, DBT, September 2023).
- 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).
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Evidence searched by Claude (Anthropic) on 10 Apr 2026
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Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Accepted
Accepted Department for Business and Trade
21 Sep 2023

Accepted. Written reports of board discussions are already published at the Horizon Compensation Advisory Board page. Reports of earlier meetings are available at the Group Litigation Order Compensation Scheme Advisory Board page. They are issued within a week unless the board agrees otherwise. (Source: DBT Response to Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry First Interim Report, September 2023)

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Progress Timeline
Department for Business and Trade government_response
21 Sep 2023

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....

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Confirmed Completed
01 Jan 2026
Horizon Compensation Advisory Board Other

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.

Horizon Compensation Advisory Board reports (publ… View Source
Source
Report First Interim Report: Compensation 17 Jul 2023
Responsible Bodies
Department for Business and Trade Primary
Recommendation age 3.0 yrs
Last formal update 1042 days ago