The government has announced new measures to speed up compensation to victims of the Post Office scandal.
An interim payment of £450,000 will be available to sub-postmasters who had convictions overturned, up from the current level of £163,000.
Legislation to clear wrongly convicted sub-postmasters is also expected to be brought forward next month.
Legislation to clear wrongly convicted sub-postmasters is also expected to be brought forward next month.
Announcing the measures to MPs, Mr Hollinrake confirmed hundreds of people wrongly convicted in the Post Office scandal would have interim compensation payments increase, once they had submitted a full claim.
The payments would be available to members of the Overturned Convictions Scheme and made while victims’ final settlements are processed.
The Post Office Minister told MPs those affected would have to sign a statement to say that they did not commit the crime for which they were convicted before they could receive financial redress.
If they were subsequently found to have signed the statement falsely, Mr Hollinrake said the “may be guilty of fraud”.
Mr Hollinrake confirmed those connected to another compensation scheme, the Group Litigation Order (GLO) Scheme, would now be able to get 80% of their offer paid out if they decided to fight on for a better deal.
The government has announced new measures to speed up compensation to victims of the Post Office scandal.
Legislation to clear wrongly convicted sub-postmasters is also expected to be brought forward next month.
An interim payment of £450,000 will be available to sub-postmasters who had convictions overturned, up from the current level of £163,000.
Announcing the measures to MPs, Mr Hollinrake confirmed hundreds of people wrongly convicted in the Post Office scandal would have interim compensation payments increase, once they had submitted a full claim.
Legislation to clear wrongly convicted sub-postmasters is also expected to be brought forward next month.
Legislation to clear wrongly convicted sub-postmasters is also expected to be brought forward next month.
Announcing the measures to MPs, Mr Hollinrake confirmed hundreds of people wrongly convicted in the Post Office scandal would have interim compensation payments increase, once they had submitted a full claim.
The payments would be available to members of the Overturned Convictions Scheme and made while victims’ final settlements are processed.
The Post Office Minister told MPs those affected would have to sign a statement to say that they did not commit the crime for which they were convicted before they could receive financial redress.
If they were subsequently found to have signed the statement falsely, Mr Hollinrake said the “may be guilty of fraud”.
Mr Hollinrake confirmed those connected to another compensation scheme, the Group Litigation Order (GLO) Scheme, would now be able to get 80% of their offer paid out if they decided to fight on for a better deal.
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