Question follow-through · 21864
Horizon IT System: Compensation
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.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 3 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 9 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Economy and business
- Stellantis: Luton · 5 Mar 2025
- Parental Leave: Terminal Illnesses · 10 Oct 2025
- Parents: Government Assistance · 10 Oct 2025
- Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: Exports · 15 Oct 2025
- Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: Manufacturing Industries · 15 Oct 2025
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Votes on this topic
- Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots · 15 Jul 2026
- Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 · 15 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.
Recorded timeline
3 Jan 2025
Question tabled
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.
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jan 2025
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Stellantis: Luton
5 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with Stellantis on the closure of their Luton plant.
Parental Leave: Terminal Illnesses
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish a timetable for launching a consultation on financial support for parents of seriously ill children.
Parents: Government Assistance
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what is the potential scope of their proposed consultation on financial support for parents of seriously ill children.
Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: Exports
15 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans his Department has to support exports of UK-manufactured hydrogen and fuel cell technologies to international markets.
Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: Manufacturing Industries
15 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with industry stakeholders on growing UK-based manufacturing of hydrogen and fuel cell equipment by 2030.
Chemicals: Industry
12 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support the chemical industry.
Bowmer + Kirkland
22 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Ministerial Transparency data, if she will publish a list of all meetings held between Ministers, special advisers or senior officials in her Department and representatives of Bowmer an
Bowmer + Kirkland
22 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what criteria were used to determine the need for ministerial engagement with Bowmer and Kirkland on building regulations on 30 April 2025.
Bowmer + Kirkland
22 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what issues relating to building regulations were discussed at the meeting between the Minister of State for Industry and Bowmer and Kirkland on 30 April 2025.
Bowmer + Kirkland
22 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to DBT’s ministerial meetings, April to June 2025, published 30 September 2025, whether any actions, commitments or policy changes were agreed or initiated following the meeting with Bow
Bowmer + Kirkland
22 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether all meetings with Bowmer and Kirkland representatives since 2010 have been published in departmental transparency returns.
Bowmer + Kirkland
24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what was the process for arranging a meeting with Bowmer and Kirkland on 30 April 2025.