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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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- Answering body
- 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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Recorded timeline
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
16 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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