Select committee: Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee
Recommendation 13
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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Recommendation (the committee's words)
Every eligible, wrongly convicted applicant to HCRS now has a right to at least £600,000 in compensation. The Government must immediately take the compassionate act of making this payment upfront to all those eligible as soon as possible, regardless of whether sub-postmasters then seek additional redress through the fully-assessed route. (Recommendation, Paragraph 40) Quashed Convictions
From: Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee, 16th Report - Post Office Horizon scandal: Justice for sub-postmasters (HC 1589), 13 March 2026
Government response
No government response linked yet: deadline 13 May 2026, 172 days ago.