Horizon Shortfall Scheme: North Shropshire
(asked on 20th May 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress his Department has made in resolving Horizon Shortfall Scheme claims for sub-postmasters in North Shropshire constituency.
Answered by
Gareth Thomas
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 2nd June 2025
As of 30 April 2025, £507 million has been paid in redress via the Horizon Shortfall Scheme (HSS). This includes approximately £240 million in fixed sum awards and approximately £107 million in top-ups to previously settled claimants.
DBT does not hold a constituency-level breakdown of HSS cases.