The boss of Fujitsu’s British operations will face a contemporary grilling from MPs subsequent month amid strain on the Japanese software program firm to fork out a whole lot of tens of millions of kilos as a part of the huge Horizon IT scandal compensation invoice.
Mr Patterson final appeared earlier than the committee nearly two years in the past.
Fujitsu, which provided the defective Horizon system that led to a whole lot of sub-postmasters being wrongly convicted of fraud and theft, has repeatedly acknowledged its obligation to bear a part of the monetary price of compensating victims.
The conclusion of Sir Wyn Williams’s inquiry into the scandal is predicted to pave the way in which for the corporate and the federal government to hammer out a closing settlement on the scale of its contribution.
A Fujitsu spokesperson mentioned: “We remain committed to providing our full cooperation to the Inquiry as Sir Wyn prepares his final report, and we are engaged with government regarding Fujitsu’s contribution to compensation.”
Subsequent month’s listening to will come quickly after Fujitsu and the Publish Workplace agreed an extra extension of their Horizon provide settlement.
The federal government-owned firm is to pay one other £41m to Fujitsu for using the Horizon system from subsequent April till 31 March 2027.
The Publish Workplace is predicted to maneuver to another provider after the expiry of that contract.
Horizon was initially launched in 1999, which means it’s prone to have been in service for practically 30 years by the point it’s formally deserted by the Publish Workplace.
A spokesperson for the enterprise and commerce committee declined to remark.
