Asked by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford and Eccles)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will publish the evidential basis on which the value of the fixed and final offer for Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme claimants was set at £600,000.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government is regularly publishing data on the redress paid out across the Horizon work-streams. The fixed sum awards for the Group Litigation Order (GLO) scheme and for overturned convictions have been set at a level that is likely to be generous for a significant proportion of claims, allowing them to be resolved promptly. However, it will not suit everyone and anyone who wishes to pursue the full claims process is able to do so.
The Horizon Shortfall Scheme fixed sum is set at the same level as the GLO to ensure consistency between the two schemes.
Asked by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford and Eccles)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will publish the evidential basis on which the value of the fixed sum award for the Horizon Shortfall Scheme claimants was set at £75,000.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government is regularly publishing data on the redress paid out across the Horizon work-streams. The fixed sum awards for the Group Litigation Order (GLO) scheme and for overturned convictions have been set at a level that is likely to be generous for a significant proportion of claims, allowing them to be resolved promptly. However, it will not suit everyone and anyone who wishes to pursue the full claims process is able to do so.
The Horizon Shortfall Scheme fixed sum is set at the same level as the GLO to ensure consistency between the two schemes.