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By Adele Robinson, news correspondent

The Capture redress scheme will be delivered in Autumn 2025 – but why not now, or earlier?

Time is not on the side of many victims and their relatives.

They are, after all, among the oldest victims of this Post Office scandal, with many already having passed away.

This is, however, the timeline that the Department for Business and Trade have been putting forward to victims for the last couple of months.

They now have to put in place an independent panel, entirely separate from government, and caseworkers to check eligibility.

Victims though may be frustrated that it will be over a year from when the Kroll report concluded – that it was likely Capture had caused shortfalls in accounting – before the redress scheme opens.

Nothing moves quickly in government, however, unless pushed.

Separate to that is another elephant in the room, that those who were convicted on Capture evidence are still left waiting.

While all victims of Capture have been seriously affected by the faulty software, none more so than those who were taken to court.

They will not be entitled to apply for redress until their convictions are quashed, and that doesn’t appear to be anytime soon.