Asked by: Julia Buckley (Labour - Shrewsbury)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many sub-postmasters in the Group Litigation Order Compensation Scheme have (a) not received any compensation payments and (b) have received above the minimum payment of £75,000.
Answered by Gareth Thomas - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
As of 31 January, the Department had received 408 completed claims from eligible GLO postmasters. 257 claimants have agreed full and final redress, of whom 153 accepted the £75,000 fixed offer. A further 229 individuals have received partial or interim redress payments, including people who have not yet submitted full claims.
The government remains committed to issuing first offers in 90% of cases within 40 working days of receiving complete claims. The same target applies to offers which are challenged after 1 December 2024.
Asked by: Julia Buckley (Labour - Shrewsbury)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many sub-postmasters who were part of the Group Litigation Order Compensation Scheme have received their compensation payments in full.
Answered by Gareth Thomas - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Of the 555 postmasters who were part of the Group Litigation Order (GLO), 63 had convictions thus their route to redress is either through the Overturned Convictions Scheme or Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme. That leaves 492 postmasters eligible for the GLO scheme.
As of 3 January, the Department had received 370 completed claims from these individuals. It has made 346 offers, of which 243 have been accepted, with 237 claims paid in full. The Department expects to pay substantial redress to the great majority of GLO postmasters by 31 March.
Asked by: Julia Buckley (Labour - Shrewsbury)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has plans to increase the import tariff on electric vehicles from China.
Answered by Douglas Alexander - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
New tariffs or quotas on goods from a particular country can be applied via trade remedies. It is for the independent Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) to investigate whether trade remedy measures are needed to protect our industries. The Secretary of State can request the TRA to initiate an investigation. For the TRA to accept any application, an evidence threshold must be met. We encourage any UK producer that believes it has been harmed by unfairly dumped or subsidised goods to contact the TRA in the first instance.