Overview
- Eligible applicants receive an immediate £10,000 payment, with final banded awards assessed by an independent panel up to £300,000 and higher in exceptional cases.
- The scheme is closed to people with Capture-related convictions while the CCRC reviews cases, with redress pledged if convictions are ruled unsafe.
- Former subpostmasters criticize a single-appeal limit and the £300,000 cap, calling the approach discriminatory compared with Horizon compensation.
- The government is testing the process with 150 claims before wider rollout, with officials expecting up to around 1,500 applications.
- The Post Office received a reported £2 million contract to search records to identify potential claimants and evidence of shortfalls, and payments will be tax-exempt and ignored for means-tested benefits.