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Written Question
Horizon IT System: Compensation
Wednesday 9th April 2025

Asked by: Melanie Ward (Labour - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many people in Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy constituency have received compensation through the Post Office Horizon redress schemes.

Answered by Gareth Thomas - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

As of 31 March 2025, the total amount of redress paid has increased by more than three and a half times since the beginning of July 2024, with £892 million having now been paid to over 6,200 claimants.

We do not provide information about redress recipients at this geographic level due to confidentiality. Releasing this type of information risks the identification of vulnerable individuals if combined with other information that may become available via other means outside of our control.