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Post Office Horizon financial redress and legal costs data for 2026

Data for 2026 on redress for postmasters impacted by the Post Office Horizon scandal.

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From:
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, Department for Business and Trade and Post Office
Published:
9 February 2026
Last updated:
22 October 2026
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  1. Data in section 5.3 corrected. 24 full claims have been received (previously listed as 21), 7 of which have been settled (previously listed as 6), and 17 claimants have received offers on full or partially completed claims from BIST (previously listed as 16).

  2. 'Post Office Horizon financial redress data as of 30 September 2026' added to the page.

  3. 'Post Office Horizon financial redress data as of 28 August 2026' has been added to the page.

  4. 'Post Office Horizon redress legal costs data as of 30 June 2026' and 'Post Office financial redress data as of 31 July 2026' added to page.

  5. 'Post Office Horizon financial redress data as of 26 June 2026' added to the page.

  6. 'Post Office Horizon financial redress data as of 22 May 2026' has been amended, clarifying in section 5.3 that one of the five settled and paid claims had accepted the fixed sum offer.

  7. 'Post Office Horizon financial redress data as of 22 May 2026' added to the page.

  8. Corrections made to 'Post Office Horizon financial redress legal data as of 31 March 2026'. As of 31 March 2026, the total value of HSSA redress payments was reported to be £4 million and the total Horizon redress paid was reported to be £1,517 million. A re-evaluation of spend on the HSSA scheme before 31 March 2026 showed that the total value of HSSA redress payments was £7 million, making the total redress paid equal £1,519 million as of 31 March 2026. Each of these figures is rounded to the nearest million. Information added to 'Post Office Horizon redress legal costs data as of 31 March 2026' under heading 1.1 and 2.1 to clarify that DBT expects HSSA legal costs as a share of redress to fall substantially as the scheme progresses.

  9. 'Post Office Horizon redress legal costs data as of 31 March 2026' and ' Post Office Horizon financial redress data as of 30 April 2026' added to the page.

  10. 'Post Office Horizon financial redress data as of 31 March 2026' added to the page.

  11. 'Post Office Horizon financial redress data as of 27 February 2026' added to page.

  12. First published.

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Post Office Horizon financial redress data as of 30 September 2026

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Post Office Horizon financial redress data as of 28 August 2026

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Post Office Horizon financial redress data as of 31 July 2026

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Post Office Horizon redress legal costs data as of 30 June 2026

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Post Office Horizon financial redress data as of 26 June 2026

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Post Office Horizon financial redress data as of 22 May 2026

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Post Office Horizon financial redress data as of 30 April 2026

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Post Office Horizon redress legal costs data as of 31 March 2026

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Post Office Horizon financial redress data as of 31 March 2026

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Post Office Horizon financial redress data as of 27 February 2026

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Post Office Horizon financial redress data as of 31 January 2026

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To align with the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill we now use the term ‘redress’ rather than ‘compensation’ when referring to payments made through the schemes being administered by Post Office and the Department for Business and Trade.

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