Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what decision, if any, was made by the Migration Advisory Committee on item 7 of their agenda as referenced in the minutes of their meeting of 14 July 2023; and, if so, when.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
In response to the request from the Home Secretary for all agencies and public bodies that are sponsored by the Home Office, including the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), to adopt and publish a statement adopting the IHRA’s definition of antisemitism, the MAC included a wider policy statement on discrimination in its 2023 Annual Governance Report: Migration Advisory Committee: annual report, 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many sub-postmasters have been referred for prosecution for issues relating to the Horizon software.
Answered by Lord Offord of Garvel - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
983 Post Office-related convictions have been identified during the relevant period.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many sub-postmasters repaid money to cover shortfalls in the first 10 years of the Post Office's use of the Horizon computer system.
Answered by Lord Offord of Garvel - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
To date, 2745 former postmasters have applied to the Horizon Shortfall Scheme for those who suffered losses due to the Horizon IT System. There were 555 postmasters as members of the original Group Litigation Order against the Post Office. There were over 900 prosecutions during the relevant period. Therefore, around 4000 people could potentially have been affected by Horizon shortfalls, albeit over a longer time period than 10 years.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government which board members of the Post Office Limited or Fujitsu have been appointed to roles in the public sector since 2005.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
The Government is not responsible for and does not hold information on appointments made across the whole of the public sector, which would include appointments to local authorities, education establishments, the NHS and other public bodies. The Cabinet Office holds data on appointments made to bodies listed in the Public Appointments (No. 2) Order in Council 2023, as well as some other categories of public sector roles. Public appointments are announced on GOV.UK.