In the Department’s 2023–24 Annual Report and Accounts, it estimated that £866 million of the combined Horizon Schemes provisions would be settled within 1 year.8 In a letter provided after our oral evidence session, the Department confirmed that it paid a total of £701 million in scheme settlements during 2024–25, of which £552 million had been included in the provision in the 2023–24 Accounts.9 The payment figures therefore fell short of the expectations set in the 2023–24 Annual Report and Accounts.10