Fujitsu was paid £ 80m by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in March Alone as its public sector business continues unabated, despite its involvement in one of the biggest messages of justif History.
In the first quarter of this year, the it giant received about £ 123M of Taxpayers' Cash from Hmrc Alone, but although talks have begun, it is yet to commit to commit to an amourts of the costs of the consultation Fuelled.
According to the Latest HMRC Spending FiguresWhich include all contracts Worth over £ 25,000, the department's £ 80M spending with fujitsu in March Included more than £ 48m for mobile phones and tablet comps.
Other Hmrc Spending with Fujitsu in March Included about £ 4.9m for other it hardware, £ 4.9m for physical hosting and infrastructure, £ 4.6m for it software locations and support, and support desktop services.
March was a bumper month. In comparison, January Saw HMRC Pay £ 25m to Fujitsu, which was its largest supplier that month in terms of value. It paid the supplier £ 18m in February, where it was the second largest supplier to hmrc, behind fellow it giant capgemini.
The £ 123m paid in three months revision spend with fujitsu. According to Government FiguresHMRC Spent About £ 240m with Fujitsu Over the Whole of 2024. Fujitsu Cold Land Over half a billion pounds in contracts From HMRC Alone this year as the UK Public Sector Continues to Reward The Supplier.
The huge numbers come despite Fujitsu's self-primesed pause On bidding for government contracts after its role in the post office scandal trust more widely undersrstood. Fujitsu supported the post office when it blamed and prosecuted subpostmas for Unexplained Account Shortfalls, which was caused by software errors it was available.
Fujitsu has final agreed to negotiate its contribution towards the huge costs of the scandal. In March, The Government Announced There was an agreement to begin talks on compensation. Fujitsu has previously stated it would wait until the public inquiry's conclusion before committing to talks. The Public Inquiry has Finished Itished Its Public Hearings, but as Yeet there is no date for the publication of the report from Chair Wynn Williams.
Jo Hamilton, A SubPostmaster in South Warnborough, Hampshire, Between 2003 and 2005, Who Had a Wrongful Conviction for False Accounting Overturned in 2021, Said: Said: SAID: SAEMS to Me THEEMS to Me Thutsu Filling its boots with cash while it can, because its days are numbered. “
Peer James Arbuthnot, A long-time campaigner for justice for subpostmastersWho was previous Hamilton's MP in North East Hampshire, Said: “Why on Earth is the government undeermining its own bargaining position with fujitsu, a Company that has yet to pay a penny boards Carnage It Helped Cause in the Post Office? “
The government is not just failing to get a contribution from fujitsu – it is actually paying money to fujitsu
James Arbuthnot, Conservative Peer and Former MP
He stressed that the entrance bill for paying back money to the subpostmasters has come from taxpayers. “The government is not just failing to get a contribution from fujitsu – it is actually paying money to fujitsu, which is digging in its position in order to constribut
He listed some of fujitsu's decisions that enabled the post office scandal. “Let's not forget it was fujitsu that was altering the subpostmasters' Accounts Remotely, while denying it was doing it and not keeping a record of what they doing. And faults in their software, was swaning on oth in court that those bugs and faults did not exist. Stood Back as Thousands of Lives Were Ruined, “He said.
“It's time for this to stop,” he added.
An HMRC speakesperson said: “We work with hundreds of suppliers – big and small – and our contracts are publicly available to view through contracles find a tender. The sizer. Complexity of our it estate means that multiple partners are involved in building and maintaing almost all of our systems and services. “
Former Subpostmaster Scott Darlington, Who His Hisfull Conviction for False Accounting Overrturned in 2021, is still waiting for his full final Redress.
“It's the usual story. I mean, for some reason, the government doesn's right out huege amounts of money to different legal teams, corporations, corporations, fujitsu and all theat, but when we are comes to pay Paying to Paying to Paying to Paying. Really season to resent everything about it.
Computer weekly First exposed the scandal in 2009Revealing the stories of seven subpostmasters and the problems they suffred due to Horizon Accounting Software, Which LED to the Most Widespread miscarriage of justice of justice in British history (See Below Timeline of Computer Weekly Articles About The Scandal Since 2009,
