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Horizon IT System: Compensation

Asked by Chris HinchliffLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 9 January 2025UIN 21864

The question

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.

Answered by 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 Chair has delivered his report.

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