Post Office Horizon redress payments top £1.7bn
The Horizon Shortfall Scheme accounts for £1,080 million of the total, with 827 of its claims still under assessment.
Approximately £1,731 million in financial redress has been paid to more than 14,000 claimants under the Post Office Horizon schemes, the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade said in data published on 16 October 2026.
The figure is as of 30 September 2026, up from £1,697 million on 28 August 2026 – a rise of £34m. The department rounds spend to the nearest £1 million, and said totals can change slightly as claim progress and payments are confirmed retrospectively.
Most of the money has gone through the Horizon Shortfall Scheme (HSS), which has paid £1,080 million. That includes approximately £756 million in fixed sum awards, paid to over 10,000 claimants. It also includes approximately £120 million in top-ups to previously settled claimants.
The Group Litigation Order (GLO) scheme has paid £237 million and the Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme (HCRS) £324 million. The HSS Appeals scheme (HSSA) has paid £22 million. The Overturned Convictions scheme paid £68 million before it closed, and the department said further top-up payments have followed.
How many claims are still open
The HSS has received 14,805 claims, of which 13,240 are now considered settled. Post Office Ltd is still assessing 827 claims, and some other claimants have offers they have not yet accepted. Evidence for shortfalls is still being assessed for some late claims. The department said the HSS data comes from Post Office Ltd, which keeps full responsibility for it.
The number of HSS claims received fell by 60 from the month before. The department said it had corrected some double counting, for example where a claimant first applied for full assessment, then took a fixed sum, then went back to full assessment.
The GLO scheme covers the 492 members of the High Court group case who were not convicted. Of those, 462 have settled their claims. The other 30 are at stages that include awaiting an offer, considering an offer or an incomplete claim.
In the HCRS, 512 of 542 full and final claims have settled. In the HSSA, the department has received all the required information for 155 cases, an increase of 24 since the month before. Of those, 26 have been settled.
The department aims to make a first offer to 90% of claimants within 40 working days of a full claim. It reported 91% for the HSSA and 93.0% for the HCRS. For the GLO scheme the figure was 88.7%, just under that aim.
