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The Department of Trade and Trade (DBT) said that now more than 7,300 subposts have been paid in all horizon related prevention schemes.
This announcement is made a few weeks later of major campaigner and former subpostmaster Sir. Allen Bates Said that the plans “turned into semi-kangaru courts”.
Sir Alan told Sunday Times Last month’s DBT “sits in the decision of claims and changes the target positions and when it chooses”.
Between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 subpostasters were prosecuted after faulty horizon accounting software, as it seemed as if the money was missing from their accounts.
Many are still waiting for compensation.
In the data published on Monday, DBT stated that 6,337 contenders have been paid £ 559 million from the horizon shortage plan.
Data also says that 555 people who joined Sir Alan Bates Post office Between 2017 and 2019, in the court, also known as the Group Litigation Order Scheme (Glo), 488 received £ 167 million among them.
The DBT said that £ 245 million has been paid to 463 subposters, who rejected their faults by the last summer law, and £ 68 million has been paid to those who have sentenced them in courts.
Post Office Minister Gareth Thomas said: “Since entering the government, it has been our priority to speed up the delivery of compensation to the victims of the Khitij scam and today’s milestone shows how much progress has been made.
“We are disposing of cases every day and getting more quick compensation for the most complex cases, but the work is not done until every postmaster has objectively and just the prevention.”
Post Office CEO Neil Brockleharst said: “I welcome the news that more than £ 1 billion has been paid to the victims of the horizon.
“Every week we are seeing more people receiving our last settlements so that they can start looking beyond this painful chapter of their life.
“However, I also know that more work is yet to be done so that all the victims get complete prevention as soon as possible and this is a complete priority for the post office.
“And finally, for someone else who think they can be affected, I encourage you to come forward and apply for prevention.”
