Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 21864

Horizon IT System: Compensation

Tabled: 3 January 2025
Answered: 9 January 2025

Question

Chris Hinchliff

LabourNorth East Hertfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to take steps to recover the costs of compensation from Fujitsu relating to failures of the Horizon Post Office IT system.

Answer

Gareth Thomas
The Government welcomes Fujitsu’s acknowledgement of their moral obligation to make a contribution to the cost of the Horizon scandal. Fujitsu’s contribution will be decided once the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry has reviewed all the evidence and the Cha...

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