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POH-IR1-7

Legislate to allow GLOS compensation payments after 7 August 2024 if necessary

Post Office Horizon Inquiry · First Interim Report: Compensation · Issued 17 July 2023 · Addressed to: Department for Business and Trade

Government responseDepartment for Business and Trade: Accepted in part (Oct 2023)

DeliveryNo statement from Department for Business and Trade found

Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry

●Inquiry recommendation

HM Government shall bring forward and use its best endeavours to ensure that legislation is enacted so as to allow payments of compensation under GLOS to be made to applicants after 12 midnight on 7 August 2024 if that proves to be necessary.

Post Office Horizon Inquiry, First Interim Report: Compensation · 17 Jul 2023 Source PDF →

Published evidence summary

AI-generated evidence summary

The Department for Business and Trade stated in October 2023 that it was determined to deliver the scheme by August 2024 and would consider whether legislation was necessary if that deadline appeared likely to be missed (Department for Business and Trade response, Oct 2023). In January 2026, the Business and Trade Select Committee found that the Limitation Act amendment had not been brought forward as a standalone bill, with longer-term legislative options under consideration (Business and Trade Select Committee, Jan 2026). The committee noted that over 4,000 claimants across all schemes were still awaiting final settlement at that date (Business and Trade Select Committee, Jan 2026).

AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026.

Government response

●Department for Business and Trade · Accepted in part · 26 Oct 2023

Words of: Department for Business and Trade, DBT response to the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry's first interim report: compensation, published on GOV.UK 26 October 2023

The department is determined to deliver the GLO scheme by August 2024. If it were to appear nearer the time that the deadline was likely to be missed, the government would of course consider whether legislation was necessary.

Extract from: DBT response to the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry's first interim report: compensation

Site note: The Department for Business and Trade's response to the Inquiry's first interim report. The page prints no date; GOV.UK records it as first published on 26 October 2023, the date the site uses.

Delivery

No statement on delivery from Department for Business and Trade has been found in the sources searched. This is separate from the response above.

Published evidence

●Business and Trade Select Committee · 6 Jan 2026

Summary by this site of the published finding

Business and Trade Select Committee noted the Limitation Act amendment had not been brought forward as a standalone bill. The government intended to deliver the GLO scheme by August 2024 and was considering longer-term legislative options.

Read the finding in fullBusiness and Trade Committee held an evidence session on 6 January 2026 with witnesses from Fujitsu, the CCRC, DBT and MoJ. The CCRC revealed Horizon software may have been installed earlier than previously believed, potentially expanding the pool of eligible convictions. Over 4,000 claimants were still awaiting final settlement across all schemes at that date. Government accepted only 3 of 17 committee recommendations in full.

Business and Trade Committee evidence session, 6 January 2026View source →

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