Committee publication · Correspondence · 4 February 2026

Letter from the Minister for Victims and Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls relating to implementing the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024, 23 January 2026

Inquiry: Post Office Horizon scandal: Justice for sub-postmasters

Summary

Minister Alex Davies-Jones responds to the Business and Trade Committee following her 6 January evidence session on implementing the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024. The letter details MoJ's casework assessment process for identifying and notifying individuals whose Post Office convictions should be quashed under the Act. As of 23 October 2025, MoJ has assessed 1,002 cases, identified 611 with quashed convictions, and written to 574 individuals. The letter addresses 14 specific committee questions about assessment procedures, safeguards, staffing, and individual cases including Glenys Eaton.

Key findings

MoJ has assessed 1,002 cases as of October 2025: 963 from Post Office/CPS, 44 from Royal Mail Group, and 68 self-identified; 611 individuals identified as having convictions quashed under the Act.
Assessment process includes peer and senior manager checkpoints; cases remain open indefinitely with no time limit for individuals to provide further information; 30 individuals initially deemed out-of-scope were later assessed as in-scope following new evidence.
53 of 205 individuals initially deemed out-of-scope cannot be traced despite extensive address-tracing exercises using Electoral Roll, DWP, DVLA, Passport Office, and Equifax data.
MoJ casework team comprises only 8 civil servants (2 casework, 2 policy, 2 legal, 2 Grade 6/SCS); 99.9% of assessment cases completed as of 24 October 2025.
Glenys Eaton's case was not on original Post Office/CPS list; MoJ became aware only when she self-identified in January 2025; assessed in-scope on 14 November 2025 after continued engagement.

Tone

Procedural

Topics

criminal-justicepost-office-horizoncasework-administrationredress-compensation

Key actors

Alex Davies-Jones, Liam Byrne, Ministry of Justice, Post Office, Crown Prosecution Service, Royal Mail Group, Glenys Eaton, HM Courts and Tribunals Service

Notable line

“MoJ cannot make a final assessment of ineligibility because if further info arises which demonstrates that the criteria are met, then the convictions are quashed by the Act.”

Key Quotes

“A referral to MoJ for assessment does not mean that a case is in scope of the Act, only that it requires an assessment by MoJ.”
— Alex Davies-Jones · explaining the casework referral process

“Therefore, based on the above figures, as of 23 October 2025, MoJ have assessed 1,002 cases.”
— Alex Davies-Jones · summarising total cases assessed including those with insufficient data

“The casework process has built in safeguards with peer and senior manager checkpoints in place.”
— Alex Davies-Jones · describing quality assurance mechanisms in assessments

“MoJ is clear that the burden should be on government rather than individuals to provide information about their case.”
— Alex Davies-Jones · explaining the principle underlying information-gathering from external agencies

“… there is no time limit for an individual to come forward, and they are always able to provide new information for consideration.”
— Alex Davies-Jones · clarifying that cases remain open indefinitely under the Act

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