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Horizon IT System: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 October 2025 entitled Volume 1 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report: Government response to recommendations, HCWS937, what his planned

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
16 Oct 2025
Answer
16 Oct 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 13 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 October 2025 entitled Volume 1 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report: Government response to recommendations, HCWS937, what his planned

  2. 16 Oct 2025

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  3. 16 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The full extent of Fujitsu’s culpability for the Horizon scandal will only become clear once all volumes of Sir Wyn Williams’ Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report have been published. In the meantime, the Department continues to engage with Fujitsu regar...

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