going forward which is doing a good and thoroughjob in getting to going forward which is doing a good and thorough job in getting to all the facts. it still has more to do but that takes time. you can t take decisions about accountability or, for example, police prosecution against individuals or against the post office is an organisation and so on or by the solicitor s regulatory authority or whoever it is until the inquiry has concluded, but we know that. these authorities are already looking at it so that they are preparing to see if they need to act or not. now, meanwhile, three compensation schemes have been put in place. one of them, the horizon hss scheme, is largely completed as far as we can see at the moment. it is possible that more than about 2&00 people will apply, but of the 2&00 people who have applied, over2000 but of the 2&00 people who have
had the inquiry, actually, as chancellor, i approved the compensation schemes of the first time which are now in the process of being paid out. almost £150 million has been paid out to thousands of people. so, people should know that we are on it and we want to make this right. the money s been set aside. what we are now looking at is how can we speed all of that up? understandably, we. i am very clear, want to get that out of the door as quickly as possible. there are legal processes that people have had to go through but the justice secretary today is meeting with the relevant ministers to see is there more we can do to speed up some of those processes. but people should be rest assured, the money is there. i proved it as chancellor. there are three different compensation schemes and we will do everything we can to make thisright for all the people affected because it is simply wrong what happened. they shouldn t have been treated like this and we will do everything we can to make i
decade. the post office need to be removed as arbiter of the compensation schemes because the post office prosecute us, criminalises no we have to go cap in hand back to the post office to ask for recompense. and all convictions should be quashed because the inquiry has recently shown the behaviour of the post office, it is notjust behaviour of the post office, it is not just dodgy evidence behaviour of the post office, it is notjust dodgy evidence or dodgy it systems, it is the whole procedural approach to prosecutions, disclosure that i think leaves all of their convictions unsafe. that i think leaves all of their convictions unsafe. you sold your car, convictions unsafe. you sold your car. used convictions unsafe. you sold your car. used your convictions unsafe. you sold your car, used your savings, convictions unsafe. you sold your car, used your savings, your - convictions unsafe. you sold your i car, used your savings, your parents savings to make up a shortfall that was de
at an event in lancashire this morning, the prime minister was forced to deny it had taken a drama to make the government to focus on the issue. , . , , ., , the issue. rest assured the money is there. i the issue. rest assured the money is there- i proved the issue. rest assured the money is there. i proved there the issue. rest assured the money is there. i proved there as the issue. rest assured the money is there. i proved there as chancellor. i there. i proved there as chancellor. there are three different compensation schemes and we will do everything we can to make things right for all the people affected. it is simply wrong what happened. they shouldn t have been treated like this and we will do everything we can to make it right for them. between 1999 in 2015, the post office prosecuted more than 700 sub postmasters based on information from a new computer system called horizon. the prosecutions continued even after concerns were first published in 2009. in december 2019
a computer fault mistakenly showed money was missing from their stores, leading to many being jailed or left bankrupt. 700 branch managers were convicted, but fewer than a hundred have had those convictions, overturned. ministers are facing growing pressure, after a tv drama highlighted the tragedy. hannah miller reports. i don t know where it s gone. it s the itv drama depicting events that have destroyed real lives leaving hundreds of sub postmasters with criminal convictions, sacked or bankrupt, after being forced to pay the post office for losses in their branch accounts that never existed. at an event in lancashire this morning, the prime minister was forced to deny it had taken a drama to make the government focus on the issue. rest assured, the money is there. i approved it as chancellor. there are three different compensation schemes and we will do everything we can to make this right for all the people affected.