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Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme (HCRS): applicant information

Information for applicants to the Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme (HCRS).

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Business and Trade
Published:
1 August 2024
Last updated:
29 September 2025
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  1. Details about what to do if you have an outstanding Overturned Convictions (OC) scheme claim have been removed as this is no longer applicable.

  2. 'Expert report guidance and checklists: Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme and Horizon Shortfall Scheme Appeals' added to page.

  3. 'Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme (HCRS): alternative dispute resolution (ADR)' and 'Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme (HCRS): Independent Panel terms of reference' added to collection.

  4. Page updated to reflect administration of the Overturned Convictions scheme moving from the Post Office to the Department for Business and Trade from 3 June 2025.

  5. 'Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme (HCRS): how a bankruptcy, IVA or DRO affects your redress payment' guidance added to collection.

  6. First published.

You’re eligible for the HCRS if you’ve had a conviction quashed (which means it has been overturned) by either:

If your conviction was overturned by the courts, your legal representative at the time should have been notified of your eligibility by the Post Office under the previous Overturned Convictions scheme.

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