applied, over 2000 have already been compensated and agreed compensation and been paid. now, there is a relatively recent compensation scheme set up by the department for business for the 550 people who were members of the group litigation order as supplementary to the pitiful amount of money that they received in the settlement of the group litigation order. that is up and running, the wheels are turning, it is moving. it the big logjam is with the 700, 900 people whose convictions at the moment can t be overturned so we need to address that issue, at which point, all the rest of the cogs in the machine should be enabled to move. i would like to see more movement, but we will leave that for another day perhaps. will leave that for another day erhas. ., ,,., will leave that for another day erhas. ., , ., , perhaps. professor chris hodges, chair of the perhaps. professor chris hodges, chair of the horizon perhaps. professor chris hodges, | chair of the horizon compensation board.
that frustration is widely shared. we live in the centre of ponteland, we are just a mile from an international airport. this meeting in darras hall one of a series organised to hear from residents hit by the storm. didn t have any power, any heating. everything was gone. what was the impact on your family? horrendous. we had no power for six days. we couldn t speak to anybody within the grid because there| was nobody taking calls. it was horrific because we had no heating, lighting or anything at all. it was like going back into the dark ages. northern powergrid says it has already paid out more than £300,000 in compensation and is improving its communication with customers. the mp behind this gathering says further change is vital. there is no doubt that we can do better, that we can be more prepared, putting it bluntly. we are doing that. there are a number of different enquiries by 0fgem, the department for business, northumberland county council, and we are feeding in all that in