Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total value of shortfalls claimed back by the Post Office from staff affected by issues with the Horizon software system.

We do not have an estimate. Postmasters who paid shortfalls which were recorded in Horizon to the Post Office are paid those amounts back in their compensation claims, as well as any other financial and personal damage which they have suffered as a consequence of the IT system. We have already made payments totalling £160m across all three compensation schemes.