The Treasury and HMRC are among 21 public sector organisations being asked by MPs to reveal details of any contracts handed to Fujitsu after the Post Office computer system scandal.
The Commons Treasury Committee says it wants to discover the extent to which taxpayers’ money has been spent on contracts with the company since 2019.
That is when the High Court ruled prosecutions were wrongly brought based on Fujitsu’s faulty Horizon IT system.
That is when the High Court ruled prosecutions were wrongly brought based on Fujitsu’s faulty Horizon IT system.
The company has also said it will not bid for further government contracts until the public inquiry into the scandal is complete.
One estimate has suggested that Fujitsu secured more than £4bn of business from the government in the last five years, even after information about the defects involving Horizon emerged.
The Treasury Committee’s letter has also been sent to the Royal Mint, the Bank of England, the Crown Estate and the Financial Conduct Authority.
The MPs are seeking details about any contracts awarded to Fujitsu Services Limited or other Fujitsu Global-owned entities.
“There is public concern about the extent to which they are used as the government supplier,” Harriett Baldwin, who chairs the Treasury Committee, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Saturday.
The Treasury and HMRC are among 21 public sector organisations being asked by MPs to reveal details of any contracts handed to Fujitsu after the Post Office computer system scandal.
That is when the High Court ruled prosecutions were wrongly brought based on Fujitsu’s faulty Horizon IT system.
The Commons Treasury Committee says it wants to discover the extent to which taxpayers’ money has been spent on contracts with the company since 2019.
The company has also said it will not bid for further government contracts until the public inquiry into the scandal is complete.
That is when the High Court ruled prosecutions were wrongly brought based on Fujitsu’s faulty Horizon IT system.
That is when the High Court ruled prosecutions were wrongly brought based on Fujitsu’s faulty Horizon IT system.
The company has also said it will not bid for further government contracts until the public inquiry into the scandal is complete.
One estimate has suggested that Fujitsu secured more than £4bn of business from the government in the last five years, even after information about the defects involving Horizon emerged.
The Treasury Committee’s letter has also been sent to the Royal Mint, the Bank of England, the Crown Estate and the Financial Conduct Authority.
The MPs are seeking details about any contracts awarded to Fujitsu Services Limited or other Fujitsu Global-owned entities.
“There is public concern about the extent to which they are used as the government supplier,” Harriett Baldwin, who chairs the Treasury Committee, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Saturday.
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