Select committee: Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee
Conclusion 12
16th Report - Post Office Horizon scandal: Justice for sub-postmasters
Published 13 Mar 2026
Addressed to Department for Business and Trade
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
The Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme (HCRS) appears to be working well for overall for claimants who have had their convictions overturned, but unnecessary delays remain. We welcome the positive change for claimants that now have a basic safeguard in the form of a guaranteed minimum payment of £600,000. Given that all eligible claimants are now effectively guaranteed at least £600,000, we cannot understand how restricting access to the full amount until the later stages of the process serves any practical purpose. It appears to disadvantage individuals who have already waited far too long for the redress they are owed. (Conclusion, Paragraph 39)
From: Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee, 16th Report - Post Office Horizon scandal: Justice for sub-postmasters (HC 1589), 13 March 2026
Government response
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