The UK's National Audit Office (NAO) gave a qualified opinion on the Department for Business and Trade's accounts, citing uncertainties surrounding the cost of compensating victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal. The NAO highlighted a lack of data and spending limit breaches related to the Horizon Shortfall Scheme (HSS) and the Horizon Conviction Redress Scheme (HCRS).
The UK's spending watchdog has offered a"qualified opinion" on the Department for Business and Trade's accounts, largely down to uncertainties around a scheme designed to mitigate the historic injustice surrounding the Post Office Horizon IT scandal.
The government has launched two scheme by way of redress for the injustice: the Horizon Shortfall Scheme and the Horizon Conviction Redress Scheme . Meanwhile, the Department for Business and Trade also manages the HCRS, which is designed to compensate individuals who had their convictions overturned.
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