Written questions

Horizon IT System: Fujitsu

Commons · Question 66284 · Tabled 9 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 14 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Navendu Mishra

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions his Department has had with Fujitsu Ltd on its involvement in the Horizon IT system failures; and whether his Department plans to pursue accountability for the company’s involve

Answer

Answered by Gareth Thomas, 14 Jul 2025

We welcome Fujitsu’s acknowledgement of their moral obligation to contribute to the cost of the scandal. On 7 March 2025, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade and Fujitsu’s global CEO agreed to begin talks on Fujitsu’s contribution to the costs o...