Overview
- An influential Commons committee called for urgent legislation to quash convictions based on data from the 1990s Capture system and to swiftly investigate the wider pre‑Horizon legacy.
- The Criminal Cases Review Commission is assessing about 35 pre‑Horizon applications and MPs caution that incomplete records mean confirmed Capture cases could be just the start.
- More than 11,500 claimants have been paid roughly £1.48bn to date, yet the total redress cost is expected to approach £2bn and thousands still face slow, distressing processes.
- MPs criticised Fujitsu for making no financial contribution so far, urged an immediate interim payment, and demanded transparency over its ongoing government contracts.
- Capture was used in up to 2,500 branches in the 1990s, and a Capture‑era conviction is currently being contested at the Court of Appeal.