Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the request made by the Northern Ireland Executive, what assessment they have made of widening the scope of the legislation to reverse the convictions of sub-postmasters so that applies to Northern Ireland.

Justice is a devolved matter in Scotland and Northern Ireland. After engagement with interested parties and careful consideration, the Government believe that the approach for overturning the convictions in Scotland and Northern Ireland should be determined by the Scottish Government and Northern Ireland Executive.

The Government will continue to work with the Devolved Administrations to enable them to progress their own approaches to overturning convictions in their jurisdictions to ensure equitable outcomes for victims across the UK.

Compensation will be paid on a common basis across the UK as postal services are a reserved matter.