Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many applications to the Historic Shortfall Scheme his Department has processed.
Publicly available information relating to the amount of offers processed can now be found on the Post Office’s website (https://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/en/historical-matters/historical-matters-progress/historical-shortfall-scheme-information-on-progress). This page will be updated on a monthly basis.
As of 08 April, out of the 2,522 applications received, 1,215 offers have been issued and 899 have been paid out.