Horizon IT System: Compensation

(asked on 25th November 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many sub postmasters have had claims (a) settled and (b) not settled related to the Horizon issue.


Answered by
Blair McDougall Portrait
Blair McDougall
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 3rd December 2025

As of 31 October 2025, around 9,300 claims have been settled across the Horizon redress schemes, with around 3,000 claims received not yet settled.

The total number of settled claims includes 71 full and final settlements made under the former Overturned Convictions scheme prior to its closure on 2 June 2025. The 40 Overturned Convictions claims not fully settled are now being administered through the Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme (HCRS).

The table below illustrates the progress to date across the schemes and is available on GOV.UK. The Department only reports on claims received, as there is not a fixed cohort of claims across these schemes.

Scheme

Full & Final Claims received

Full & Final Offers made

Full & Final Offers accepted

Full & Final claims paid

Horizon Shortfall Scheme: eligible claims before deadline

2,417

2,417

2,129

2,129

Horizon Shortfall Scheme: eligible late claims

8,823

6,919

6,236

6,192

Group Litigation Order Scheme

476

473

400

396

Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme

462

460

447

445

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