Following feedback from scheme applicants and the Business and Trade Select Committee in its report published January 2025, the Department has agreed to take on direct responsibility for management of the OC Scheme from 3 June 2025.23 There is a 3-month transition period underway to ensure continuity of service and to transfer the relevant information the Department needs from the Post Office. The Department told us progress during the transition has been positive, that it has had early engagement with the Post Office and good pre-existing relationships with the claimants’ lawyers.24