Written questions

Horizon IT System: Costs

Commons · Question 10489 · Tabled 22 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 5 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Jerome Mayhew

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the cost of replacing the Post Office Horizon IT system.

Answer

Answered by Gareth Thomas, 5 Nov 2024

As part of the Spending Review 2021 Government provided Post Office with a total of £185m of funding to support investment activities, which included the ongoing maintenance and replacement of the Horizon IT system. In 2023 Government provided a further £...