# Appeals against £75,000 Horizon offers

> “In May, the department announced that it would establish an independent process through which eligible postmasters who accepted the £75,000 Horizon Shortfall Scheme Fixed Sum Offer could seek permission to have their claim fully assessed through the Horizon Shortfall Scheme Appeals process. I can now confirm that we expect to launch that process in November.”
>
> — Kate Dearden, Minister for the Future of Work, Labour Party; Written ministerial statement, 21 October 2026

- **Status:** Promised
- **Status ladder:** Promised → In plan → Legislated → Funded → Delivering → Delivered
- **Policy area:** [Transport & economy](https://ledgergov.uk/promises/area/transport-and-economy)
- **Speaker:** [Kate Dearden](https://ledgergov.uk/actor/kate-dearden), Minister for the Future of Work
- **Party:** [Labour Party](https://ledgergov.uk/actor/labour)
- **Made on:** 21 October 2026
- **Where:** Written ministerial statement
- **Deadline:** 30 November 2026
- **Cost a year:** No costing published
- **Who it affects:** Postmasters who accepted the £75,000 Horizon Shortfall Scheme fixed sum offer
- **When:** November 2026
- **Paid for by:** Not stated when it was announced
- **Quote source:** https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2026-10-21/HCWS397 (checked word for word at its source on 25 October 2026; Open Parliament Licence v3.0)
- **Last updated:** 25 October 2026
- **Card:** https://ledgergov.uk/promise/uk-horizon-fixed-sum-appeals-2026

## Where it stands

The process was first announced in May 2026. Postmasters who accepted the £75,000 fixed sum offer will have four months to register and must explain why the sum undervalued their claim; an assessor independent of the government and the Post Office decides whether the claim is assessed in full. "November" is read as 30 November 2026. The card moves when the process opens.

## Timeline

- 21 October 2026, Promised: The Post Office minister says the process for appealing £75,000 fixed sum offers is expected to launch in November
- 30 November 2026, Deadline (to come): Fixed sum offer appeals process due to launch in November 2026

## About the cost

No cost has been published.

## Sources

- [Written ministerial statement HCWS397, 21 Oct 2026: Post Office Redress progress](https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2026-10-21/HCWS397)
- [Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade press release, 21 Oct 2026: New action on redress for postmasters affected by Post Office scandals](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-action-on-redress-for-postmasters-affected-by-post-office-scandals)

## Checks

- Checked automatically by AI Journalist, not yet verified by an editor.
- Checked by AI Journalist (automated) on 25 October 2026.

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