prosecutions into thousand 15. if we are to make sure that escande like this can never happen again, we need to look at the way in which private prosecutions like these have been undertaken. any company can bring private prosecutions in this way. this is not a special power of the post office, i know my right honourable friend the lord chancellor wants to give this issue proper and thoughtful consideration and i am sure he will report to the house about this issue in due course. getting justice for the victims of this candle and ensuring that such a tragedy can never happen again is my highest priority as a minister and has been throughout my 15 months in office. when we talk about compensation, we have to remember that the lives of postmasters and their families caught up in this scandal have been changed forever. they face financial ruin, untold personal distress and a loss of reputation that no amount of financial compensation can fully restore. the government recognises h
however that we have a clear moral duty to right these wrongs to the best of our ability. to support those lives were turned upside down by this scandal, we are providing significant funding for compensation. and we have been clear that it should not be the taxpayer alone who picks up the tab. we will wait for the inquiry to report to make clear the extent any other organisations s culpability to the scandal and for any individual accountability. ouraim scandal and for any individual accountability. our aim is to ensure that every victim is fully recompensed for their losses and the suffering they have had to endure. today over £148 million has been paid to 2700 victims across all compensation schemes. 93 convictions have been overturned and of these, 30 have agreed full and final sediments. just over £30 million has been paid out in compensation to those with overturned convictions, including interim payments. of