Horizon IT System: Criminal Investigation

(asked on 1st June 2026) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the national police inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal has sufficient funding and resources.


Answered by
Lord Hanson of Flint Portrait
Lord Hanson of Flint
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 11th June 2026

To date, the Home Office has provided over £6m of funding to support this investigation, including up to £2.8m in 2026-27.

The allocation of resources to police investigations is an operational decision.

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