Letter from Treasury Select Committee on Fujitsu

1. Treasury Committee
House of Commons, Committee Office, London SW1A 0AA
Tel 020 7219 5769 Email treascom@parliament.uk Website www.parliament.uk/treascom
James Bowler CB
Permanent Secretary
HM Treasury
via email
19 January 2024
Dear James,
Information Request: Contracts awarded to Fujitsu
Please can you provide the Committee with details of any contracts awarded by your organisation to
Fujitsu Services Ltd, or any other Fujitsu Global-owned entities since 2019, or that were in operation
after 2019.
In your reply, please can you provide:
• Details of the type of contract, including but not limited to the value, length and whether it was
tendered for through open competition or directly awarded. If a contract was directly awarded,
please provide the rationale.
• Whether considerations of supplier risk, including but not limited to whether the impact of
reported issues with the Horizon system, were taken into account in any contracts awarded or
not awarded to Fujitsu.
• Whether you took, or considered taking steps to bar Fujitsu from bidding for any contracts you
put out to tender;
• Whether you received directions or advice from any other part of government or the public
sector about whether Fujitsu should be allowed to take on any contract you put out for tender;
• What processes you have in place to measure the performance of any contracts, especially for
software and services, and the results of any monitoring of Fujitsu’s performance;
• Whether you received internal and/or external commentary, including from auditors, on the
appropriateness of any contract (and the provision within that contract) with Fujitsu;
• If you had a contract with Fujitsu, whether you considered terminating that contract, and if so
why.
We would be grateful for any assistance you are able to provide the Treasury Committee with in enabling
public scrutiny on this matter.
In line with the Committee’s usual practice, I will be placing this letter and, in due course, your response
in the public domain. I would be grateful for a reply by 1 February 2024.
Best wishes,
Harriett Baldwin MP
Chair of the Treasury Committee

2. Treasury Committee
House of Commons, Committee Office, London SW1A 0AA
Tel 020 7219 5769 Email treascom@parliament.uk Website www.parliament.uk/treascom
Andrew Bailey
Governor
Bank of England
via email
19 January 2024
Dear Andrew,
Information Request: Contracts awarded to Fujitsu
Please can you provide the Committee with details of any contracts awarded by your organisation to
Fujitsu Services Ltd, or any other Fujitsu Global-owned entities since 2019, or that were in operation
after 2019.
In your reply, please can you provide:
• Details of the type of contract, including but not limited to the value, length and whether it was
tendered for through open competition or directly awarded. If a contract was directly awarded,
please provide the rationale.
• Whether considerations of supplier risk, including but not limited to whether the impact of
reported issues with the Horizon system, were taken into account in any contracts awarded or
not awarded to Fujitsu.
• Whether you took, or considered taking steps to bar Fujitsu from bidding for any contracts you
put out to tender;
• Whether you received directions or advice from any other part of government or the public
sector about whether Fujitsu should be allowed to take on any contract you put out for tender;
• What processes you have in place to measure the performance of any contracts, especially for
software and services, and the results of any monitoring of Fujitsu’s performance;
• Whether you received internal and/or external commentary, including from auditors, on the
appropriateness of any contract (and the provision within that contract) with Fujitsu;
• If you had a contract with Fujitsu, whether you considered terminating that contract, and if so
why.
We would be grateful for any assistance you are able to provide the Treasury Committee with in enabling
public scrutiny on this matter.
In line with the Committee’s usual practice, I will be placing this letter and, in due course, your response
in the public domain. I would be grateful for a reply by 1 February 2024.
Best wishes,
Harriett Baldwin MP
Chair of the Treasury Committee

3. Treasury Committee
House of Commons, Committee Office, London SW1A 0AA
Tel 020 7219 5769 Email treascom@parliament.uk Website www.parliament.uk/treascom
Nikhil Rathi
Chief Executive
Financial Conduct Authority
via email
19 January 2024
Dear Nikhil,
Information Request: Contracts awarded to Fujitsu
Please can you provide the Committee with details of any contracts awarded by your organisation to
Fujitsu Services Ltd, or any other Fujitsu Global-owned entities since 2019, or that were in operation
after 2019.
In your reply, please can you provide:
• Details of the type of contract, including but not limited to the value, length and whether it was
tendered for through open competition or directly awarded. If a contract was directly awarded,
please provide the rationale.
• Whether considerations of supplier risk, including but not limited to whether the impact of
reported issues with the Horizon system, were taken into account in any contracts awarded or
not awarded to Fujitsu.
• Whether you took, or considered taking steps to bar Fujitsu from bidding for any contracts you
put out to tender;
• Whether you received directions or advice from any other part of government or the public
sector about whether Fujitsu should be allowed to take on any contract you put out for tender;
• What processes you have in place to measure the performance of any contracts, especially for
software and services, and the results of any monitoring of Fujitsu’s performance;
• Whether you received internal and/or external commentary, including from auditors, on the
appropriateness of any contract (and the provision within that contract) with Fujitsu;
• If you had a contract with Fujitsu, whether you considered terminating that contract, and if so
why.
We would be grateful for any assistance you are able to provide the Treasury Committee with in enabling
public scrutiny on this matter.
In line with the Committee’s usual practice, I will be placing this letter and, in due course, your response
in the public domain. I would be grateful for a reply by 1 February 2024.
Best wishes,
Harriett Baldwin MP
Chair of the Treasury Committee

4. Treasury Committee
House of Commons, Committee Office, London SW1A 0AA
Tel 020 7219 5769 Email treascom@parliament.uk Website www.parliament.uk/treascom
Jim Harra
First Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive
HM Revenue & Customs
via email
18 January 2024
Dear Jim,
Information Request: Contracts awarded to Fujitsu
Please can you provide the Committee with details of any contracts awarded by your organisation to
Fujitsu Services Ltd, or any other Fujitsu Global-owned entities since 2019, or that were in operation
after 2019.
In your reply, please can you provide:
• Details of the type of contract, including but not limited to the value, length and whether it was
tendered for through open competition or directly awarded. If a contract was directly awarded,
please provide the rationale.
• Whether considerations of supplier risk, including but not limited to whether the impact of
reported issues with the Horizon system, were taken into account in any contracts awarded or
not awarded to Fujitsu.
• Whether you took, or considered taking steps to bar Fujitsu from bidding for any contracts you
put out to tender;
• Whether you received directions or advice from any other part of government or the public
sector about whether Fujitsu should be allowed to take on any contract you put out for tender;
• What processes you have in place to measure the performance of any contracts, especially for
software and services, and the results of any monitoring of Fujitsu’s performance;
• Whether you received internal and/or external commentary, including from auditors, on the
appropriateness of any contract (and the provision within that contract) with Fujitsu;
• If you had a contract with Fujitsu, whether you considered terminating that contract, and if so
why.
We would be grateful for any assistance you are able to provide the Treasury Committee with in enabling
public scrutiny on this matter.
In line with the Committee’s usual practice, I will be placing this letter and, in due course, your response
in the public domain. I would be grateful for a reply by 1 February 2024.
Best wishes,
Harriett Baldwin MP
Chair of the Treasury Committee

5. Treasury Committee
House of Commons, Committee Office, London SW1A 0AA
Tel 020 7219 5769 Email treascom@parliament.uk Website www.parliament.uk/treascom
Fiona Dunshire
Government Actuary
Government Actuary’s Department
via email
19 January 2024
Dear Fiona,
Information Request: Contracts awarded to Fujitsu
Please can you provide the Committee with details of any contracts awarded by your organisation to
Fujitsu Services Ltd, or any other Fujitsu Global-owned entities since 2019, or that were in operation
after 2019.
In your reply, please can you provide:
• Details of the type of contract, including but not limited to the value, length and whether it was
tendered for through open competition or directly awarded. If a contract was directly awarded,
please provide the rationale.
• Whether considerations of supplier risk, including but not limited to whether the impact of
reported issues with the Horizon system, were taken into account in any contracts awarded or
not awarded to Fujitsu.
• Whether you took, or considered taking steps to bar Fujitsu from bidding for any contracts you
put out to tender;
• Whether you received directions or advice from any other part of government or the public
sector about whether Fujitsu should be allowed to take on any contract you put out for tender;
• What processes you have in place to measure the performance of any contracts, especially for
software and services, and the results of any monitoring of Fujitsu’s performance;
• Whether you received internal and/or external commentary, including from auditors, on the
appropriateness of any contract (and the provision within that contract) with Fujitsu;
• If you had a contract with Fujitsu, whether you considered terminating that contract, and if so
why.
We would be grateful for any assistance you are able to provide the Treasury Committee with in enabling
public scrutiny on this matter.
In line with the Committee’s usual practice, I will be placing this letter and, in due course, your response
in the public domain. I would be grateful for a reply by 1 February 2024.
Best wishes,
Harriett Baldwin MP
Chair of the Treasury Committee

6. Treasury Committee
House of Commons, Committee Office, London SW1A 0AA
Tel 020 7219 5769 Email treascom@parliament.uk Website www.parliament.uk/treascom
Richard Hughes
Chair
Office for Budget Responsibility
via email
19 January 2024
Dear Richard,
Information Request: Contracts awarded to Fujitsu
Please can you provide the Committee with details of any contracts awarded by your organisation to
Fujitsu Services Ltd, or any other Fujitsu Global-owned entities since 2019, or that were in operation
after 2019.
In your reply, please can you provide:
• Details of the type of contract, including but not limited to the value, length and whether it was
tendered for through open competition or directly awarded. If a contract was directly awarded,
please provide the rationale.
• Whether considerations of supplier risk, including but not limited to whether the impact of
reported issues with the Horizon system, were taken into account in any contracts awarded or
not awarded to Fujitsu.
• Whether you took, or considered taking steps to bar Fujitsu from bidding for any contracts you
put out to tender;
• Whether you received directions or advice from any other part of government or the public
sector about whether Fujitsu should be allowed to take on any contract you put out for tender;
• What processes you have in place to measure the performance of any contracts, especially for
software and services, and the results of any monitoring of Fujitsu’s performance;
• Whether you received internal and/or external commentary, including from auditors, on the
appropriateness of any contract (and the provision within that contract) with Fujitsu;
• If you had a contract with Fujitsu, whether you considered terminating that contract, and if so
why.
We would be grateful for any assistance you are able to provide the Treasury Committee with in enabling
public scrutiny on this matter.
In line with the Committee’s usual practice, I will be placing this letter and, in due course, your response
in the public domain. I would be grateful for a reply by 1 February 2024.
Best wishes,
Harriett Baldwin MP
Chair of the Treasury Committee

7. Treasury Committee
House of Commons, Committee Office, London SW1A 0AA
Tel 020 7219 5769 Email treascom@parliament.uk Website www.parliament.uk/treascom
Chris Hemsley
Managing Director
Payment Systems Regulator
via email
19 January 2024
Dear Chris,
Information Request: Contracts awarded to Fujitsu
Please can you provide the Committee with details of any contracts awarded by your organisation to
Fujitsu Services Ltd, or any other Fujitsu Global-owned entities since 2019, or that were in operation
after 2019.
In your reply, please can you provide:
• Details of the type of contract, including but not limited to the value, length and whether it was
tendered for through open competition or directly awarded. If a contract was directly awarded,
please provide the rationale.
• Whether considerations of supplier risk, including but not limited to whether the impact of
reported issues with the Horizon system, were taken into account in any contracts awarded or
not awarded to Fujitsu.
• Whether you took, or considered taking steps to bar Fujitsu from bidding for any contracts you
put out to tender;
• Whether you received directions or advice from any other part of government or the public
sector about whether Fujitsu should be allowed to take on any contract you put out for tender;
• What processes you have in place to measure the performance of any contracts, especially for
software and services, and the results of any monitoring of Fujitsu’s performance;
• Whether you received internal and/or external commentary, including from auditors, on the
appropriateness of any contract (and the provision within that contract) with Fujitsu;
• If you had a contract with Fujitsu, whether you considered terminating that contract, and if so
why.
We would be grateful for any assistance you are able to provide the Treasury Committee with in enabling
public scrutiny on this matter.
In line with the Committee’s usual practice, I will be placing this letter and, in due course, your response
in the public domain. I would be grateful for a reply by 1 February 2024.
Best wishes,
Harriett Baldwin MP
Chair of the Treasury Committee

8. Treasury Committee
House of Commons, Committee Office, London SW1A 0AA
Tel 020 7219 5769 Email treascom@parliament.uk Website www.parliament.uk/treascom
Anne Jessop
Chief Executive
The Royal Mint
via email
19 January 2024
Dear Anne,
Information Request: Contracts awarded to Fujitsu
Please can you provide the Committee with details of any contracts awarded by your organisation to
Fujitsu Services Ltd, or any other Fujitsu Global-owned entities since 2019, or that were in operation
after 2019.
In your reply, please can you provide:
• Details of the type of contract, including but not limited to the value, length and whether it was
tendered for through open competition or directly awarded. If a contract was directly awarded,
please provide the rationale.
• Whether considerations of supplier risk, including but not limited to whether the impact of
reported issues with the Horizon system, were taken into account in any contracts awarded or
not awarded to Fujitsu.
• Whether you took, or considered taking steps to bar Fujitsu from bidding for any contracts you
put out to tender;
• Whether you received directions or advice from any other part of government or the public
sector about whether Fujitsu should be allowed to take on any contract you put out for tender;
• What processes you have in place to measure the performance of any contracts, especially for
software and services, and the results of any monitoring of Fujitsu’s performance;
• Whether you received internal and/or external commentary, including from auditors, on the
appropriateness of any contract (and the provision within that contract) with Fujitsu;
• If you had a contract with Fujitsu, whether you considered terminating that contract, and if so
why.
We would be grateful for any assistance you are able to provide the Treasury Committee with in enabling
public scrutiny on this matter.
In line with the Committee’s usual practice, I will be placing this letter and, in due course, your response
in the public domain. I would be grateful for a reply by 1 February 2024.
Best wishes,
Harriett Baldwin MP
Chair of the Treasury Committee

9. Treasury Committee
House of Commons, Committee Office, London SW1A 0AA
Tel 020 7219 5769 Email treascom@parliament.uk Website www.parliament.uk/treascom
Charles Donald
Chief Executive Officer
UK Government Investments Ltd
via email
19 January 2024
Dear Charles,
Information Request: Contracts awarded to Fujitsu
Please can you provide the Committee with details of any contracts awarded by your organisation to
Fujitsu Services Ltd, or any other Fujitsu Global-owned entities since 2019, or that were in operation
after 2019.
In your reply, please can you provide:
• Details of the type of contract, including but not limited to the value, length and whether it was
tendered for through open competition or directly awarded. If a contract was directly awarded,
please provide the rationale.
• Whether considerations of supplier risk, including but not limited to whether the impact of
reported issues with the Horizon system, were taken into account in any contracts awarded or
not awarded to Fujitsu.
• Whether you took, or considered taking steps to bar Fujitsu from bidding for any contracts you
put out to tender;
• Whether you received directions or advice from any other part of government or the public
sector about whether Fujitsu should be allowed to take on any contract you put out for tender;
• What processes you have in place to measure the performance of any contracts, especially for
software and services, and the results of any monitoring of Fujitsu’s performance;
• Whether you received internal and/or external commentary, including from auditors, on the
appropriateness of any contract (and the provision within that contract) with Fujitsu;
• If you had a contract with Fujitsu, whether you considered terminating that contract, and if so
why.
We would be grateful for any assistance you are able to provide the Treasury Committee with in enabling
public scrutiny on this matter.
In line with the Committee’s usual practice, I will be placing this letter and, in due course, your response
in the public domain. I would be grateful for a reply by 1 February 2024.
Best wishes,
Harriett Baldwin MP
Chair of the Treasury Committee

10. Treasury Committee
House of Commons, Committee Office, London SW1A 0AA
Tel 020 7219 5769 Email treascom@parliament.uk Website www.parliament.uk/treascom
Dan Labbad
Chief Executive and Second Commissioner
Crown Estate
via email
19 January 2024
Dear Dan,
Information Request: Contracts awarded to Fujitsu
Please can you provide the Committee with details of any contracts awarded by your organisation to
Fujitsu Services Ltd, or any other Fujitsu Global-owned entities since 2019, or that were in operation
after 2019.
In your reply, please can you provide:
• Details of the type of contract, including but not limited to the value, length and whether it was
tendered for through open competition or directly awarded. If a contract was directly awarded,
please provide the rationale.
• Whether considerations of supplier risk, including but not limited to whether the impact of
reported issues with the Horizon system, were taken into account in any contracts awarded or
not awarded to Fujitsu.
• Whether you took, or considered taking steps to bar Fujitsu from bidding for any contracts you
put out to tender;
• Whether you received directions or advice from any other part of government or the public
sector about whether Fujitsu should be allowed to take on any contract you put out for tender;
• What processes you have in place to measure the performance of any contracts, especially for
software and services, and the results of any monitoring of Fujitsu’s performance;
• Whether you received internal and/or external commentary, including from auditors, on the
appropriateness of any contract (and the provision within that contract) with Fujitsu;
• If you had a contract with Fujitsu, whether you considered terminating that contract, and if so
why.
We would be grateful for any assistance you are able to provide the Treasury Committee with in enabling
public scrutiny on this matter.
In line with the Committee’s usual practice, I will be placing this letter and, in due course, your response
in the public domain. I would be grateful for a reply by 1 February 2024.
Best wishes,
Harriett Baldwin MP
Chair of the Treasury Committee

11. Treasury Committee
House of Commons, Committee Office, London SW1A 0AA
Tel 020 7219 5769 Email treascom@parliament.uk Website www.parliament.uk/treascom
Adrian Smith OBE
Chief Executive Officer
Reclaim Fund Ltd
via email
18 January 2024
Dear Adrian,
Information Request: Contracts awarded to Fujitsu
Please can you provide the Committee with details of any contracts awarded by your organisation to
Fujitsu Services Ltd, or any other Fujitsu Global-owned entities since 2019, or that were in operation
after 2019.
In your reply, please can you provide:
• Details of the type of contract, including but not limited to the value, length and whether it was
tendered for through open competition or directly awarded. If a contract was directly awarded,
please provide the rationale.
• Whether considerations of supplier risk, including but not limited to whether the impact of
reported issues with the Horizon system, were taken into account in any contracts awarded or
not awarded to Fujitsu.
• Whether you took, or considered taking steps to bar Fujitsu from bidding for any contracts you
put out to tender;
• Whether you received directions or advice from any other part of government or the public
sector about whether Fujitsu should be allowed to take on any contract you put out for tender;
• What processes you have in place to measure the performance of any contracts, especially for
software and services, and the results of any monitoring of Fujitsu’s performance;
• Whether you received internal and/or external commentary, including from auditors, on the
appropriateness of any contract (and the provision within that contract) with Fujitsu;
• If you had a contract with Fujitsu, whether you considered terminating that contract, and if so
why.
We would be grateful for any assistance you are able to provide the Treasury Committee with in enabling
public scrutiny on this matter.
In line with the Committee’s usual practice, I will be placing this letter and, in due course, your response
in the public domain. I would be grateful for a reply by 1 February 2024.
Best wishes,
Harriett Baldwin MP
Chair of the Treasury Committee

12. Treasury Committee
House of Commons, Committee Office, London SW1A 0AA
Tel 020 7219 5769 Email treascom@parliament.uk Website www.parliament.uk/treascom
Tom Clementi
Director and Chief Executive Officer
Pool Reinsurance Company Ltd
via email
19 January 2024
Dear Tom,
Information Request: Contracts awarded to Fujitsu
Please can you provide the Committee with details of any contracts awarded by your organisation to
Fujitsu Services Ltd, or any other Fujitsu Global-owned entities since 2019, or that were in operation
after 2019.
In your reply, please can you provide:
• Details of the type of contract, including but not limited to the value, length and whether it was
tendered for through open competition or directly awarded. If a contract was directly awarded,
please provide the rationale.
• Whether considerations of supplier risk, including but not limited to whether the impact of
reported issues with the Horizon system, were taken into account in any contracts awarded or
not awarded to Fujitsu.
• Whether you took, or considered taking steps to bar Fujitsu from bidding for any contracts you
put out to tender;
• Whether you received directions or advice from any other part of government or the public
sector about whether Fujitsu should be allowed to take on any contract you put out for tender;
• What processes you have in place to measure the performance of any contracts, especially for
software and services, and the results of any monitoring of Fujitsu’s performance;
• Whether you received internal and/or external commentary, including from auditors, on the
appropriateness of any contract (and the provision within that contract) with Fujitsu;
• If you had a contract with Fujitsu, whether you considered terminating that contract, and if so
why.
We would be grateful for any assistance you are able to provide the Treasury Committee with in enabling
public scrutiny on this matter.
In line with the Committee’s usual practice, I will be placing this letter and, in due course, your response
in the public domain. I would be grateful for a reply by 1 February 2024.
Best wishes,
Harriett Baldwin MP
Chair of the Treasury Committee

13. Treasury Committee
House of Commons, Committee Office, London SW1A 0AA
Tel 020 7219 5769 Email treascom@parliament.uk Website www.parliament.uk/treascom
John Flint
Chief Executive Officer
UK Infrastructure Bank Ltd
via email
18 January 2024
Dear John,
Information Request: Contracts awarded to Fujitsu
Please can you provide the Committee with details of any contracts awarded by your organisation to
Fujitsu Services Ltd, or any other Fujitsu Global-owned entities since 2019, or that were in operation
after 2019.
In your reply, please can you provide:
• Details of the type of contract, including but not limited to the value, length and whether it was
tendered for through open competition or directly awarded. If a contract was directly awarded,
please provide the rationale.
• Whether considerations of supplier risk, including but not limited to whether the impact of
reported issues with the Horizon system, were taken into account in any contracts awarded or
not awarded to Fujitsu.
• Whether you took, or considered taking steps to bar Fujitsu from bidding for any contracts you
put out to tender;
• Whether you received directions or advice from any other part of government or the public
sector about whether Fujitsu should be allowed to take on any contract you put out for tender;
• What processes you have in place to measure the performance of any contracts, especially for
software and services, and the results of any monitoring of Fujitsu’s performance;
• Whether you received internal and/or external commentary, including from auditors, on the
appropriateness of any contract (and the provision within that contract) with Fujitsu;
• If you had a contract with Fujitsu, whether you considered terminating that contract, and if so
why.
We would be grateful for any assistance you are able to provide the Treasury Committee with in enabling
public scrutiny on this matter.
In line with the Committee’s usual practice, I will be placing this letter and, in due course, your response
in the public domain. I would be grateful for a reply by 1 February 2024.
Best wishes,
Harriett Baldwin MP
Chair of the Treasury Committee

14. Treasury Committee
House of Commons, Committee Office, London SW1A 0AA
Tel 020 7219 5769 Email treascom@parliament.uk Website www.parliament.uk/treascom
Jonathan Russell CB
Chief Executive
Valuation Office Agency
via email
18 January 2024
Dear Jonathan,
Information Request: Contracts awarded to Fujitsu
Please can you provide the Committee with details of any contracts awarded by your organisation to
Fujitsu Services Ltd, or any other Fujitsu Global-owned entities since 2019, or that were in operation
after 2019.
In your reply, please can you provide:
• Details of the type of contract, including but not limited to the value, length and whether it was
tendered for through open competition or directly awarded. If a contract was directly awarded,
please provide the rationale.
• Whether considerations of supplier risk, including but not limited to whether the impact of
reported issues with the Horizon system, were taken into account in any contracts awarded or
not awarded to Fujitsu.
• Whether you took, or considered taking steps to bar Fujitsu from bidding for any contracts you
put out to tender;
• Whether you received directions or advice from any other part of government or the public
sector about whether Fujitsu should be allowed to take on any contract you put out for tender;
• What processes you have in place to measure the performance of any contracts, especially for
software and services, and the results of any monitoring of Fujitsu’s performance;
• Whether you received internal and/or external commentary, including from auditors, on the
appropriateness of any contract (and the provision within that contract) with Fujitsu;
• If you had a contract with Fujitsu, whether you considered terminating that contract, and if so
why.
We would be grateful for any assistance you are able to provide the Treasury Committee with in enabling
public scrutiny on this matter.
In line with the Committee’s usual practice, I will be placing this letter and, in due course, your response
in the public domain. I would be grateful for a reply by 1 February 2024.
Best wishes,
Harriett Baldwin MP
Chair of the Treasury Committee

15. Treasury Committee
House of Commons, Committee Office, London SW1A 0AA
Tel 020 7219 5769 Email treascom@parliament.uk Website www.parliament.uk/treascom
James Heath
Chief Executive Officer
National Infrastructure Commission
via email
19 January 2024
Dear James,
Information Request: Contracts awarded to Fujitsu
Please can you provide the Committee with details of any contracts awarded by your organisation to
Fujitsu Services Ltd, or any other Fujitsu Global-owned entities since 2019, or that were in operation
after 2019.
In your reply, please can you provide:
• Details of the type of contract, including but not limited to the value, length and whether it was
tendered for through open competition or directly awarded. If a contract was directly awarded,
please provide the rationale.
• Whether considerations of supplier risk, including but not limited to whether the impact of
reported issues with the Horizon system, were taken into account in any contracts awarded or
not awarded to Fujitsu.
• Whether you took, or considered taking steps to bar Fujitsu from bidding for any contracts you
put out to tender;
• Whether you received directions or advice from any other part of government or the public
sector about whether Fujitsu should be allowed to take on any contract you put out for tender;
• What processes you have in place to measure the performance of any contracts, especially for
software and services, and the results of any monitoring of Fujitsu’s performance;
• Whether you received internal and/or external commentary, including from auditors, on the
appropriateness of any contract (and the provision within that contract) with Fujitsu;
• If you had a contract with Fujitsu, whether you considered terminating that contract, and if so
why.
We would be grateful for any assistance you are able to provide the Treasury Committee with in enabling
public scrutiny on this matter.
In line with the Committee’s usual practice, I will be placing this letter and, in due course, your response
in the public domain. I would be grateful for a reply by 1 February 2024.
Best wishes,
Harriett Baldwin MP
Chair of the Treasury Committee

16. Treasury Committee
House of Commons, Committee Office, London SW1A 0AA
Tel 020 7219 5769 Email treascom@parliament.uk Website www.parliament.uk/treascom
Harriet Aldridge
Chief Executive
Government Internal Audit Agency
via email
19 January 2024
Dear Harriet,
Information Request: Contracts awarded to Fujitsu
Please can you provide the Committee with details of any contracts awarded by your organisation to
Fujitsu Services Ltd, or any other Fujitsu Global-owned entities since 2019, or that were in operation
after 2019.
In your reply, please can you provide:
• Details of the type of contract, including but not limited to the value, length and whether it was
tendered for through open competition or directly awarded. If a contract was directly awarded,
please provide the rationale.
• Whether considerations of supplier risk, including but not limited to whether the impact of
reported issues with the Horizon system, were taken into account in any contracts awarded or
not awarded to Fujitsu.
• Whether you took, or considered taking steps to bar Fujitsu from bidding for any contracts you
put out to tender;
• Whether you received directions or advice from any other part of government or the public
sector about whether Fujitsu should be allowed to take on any contract you put out for tender;
• What processes you have in place to measure the performance of any contracts, especially for
software and services, and the results of any monitoring of Fujitsu’s performance;
• Whether you received internal and/or external commentary, including from auditors, on the
appropriateness of any contract (and the provision within that contract) with Fujitsu;
• If you had a contract with Fujitsu, whether you considered terminating that contract, and if so
why.
We would be grateful for any assistance you are able to provide the Treasury Committee with in enabling
public scrutiny on this matter.
In line with the Committee’s usual practice, I will be placing this letter and, in due course, your response
in the public domain. I would be grateful for a reply by 1 February 2024.
Best wishes,
Harriett Baldwin MP
Chair of the Treasury Committee

17. Treasury Committee
House of Commons, Committee Office, London SW1A 0AA
Tel 020 7219 5769 Email treascom@parliament.uk Website www.parliament.uk/treascom
Martyn Beauchamp
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Financial Services Compensation Scheme
via email
19 January 2024
Dear Martyn,
Information Request: Contracts awarded to Fujitsu
Please can you provide the Committee with details of any contracts awarded by your organisation to
Fujitsu Services Ltd, or any other Fujitsu Global-owned entities since 2019, or that were in operation
after 2019.
In your reply, please can you provide:
• Details of the type of contract, including but not limited to the value, length and whether it was
tendered for through open competition or directly awarded. If a contract was directly awarded,
please provide the rationale.
• Whether considerations of supplier risk, including but not limited to whether the impact of
reported issues with the Horizon system, were taken into account in any contracts awarded or
not awarded to Fujitsu.
• Whether you took, or considered taking steps to bar Fujitsu from bidding for any contracts you
put out to tender;
• Whether you received directions or advice from any other part of government or the public
sector about whether Fujitsu should be allowed to take on any contract you put out for tender;
• What processes you have in place to measure the performance of any contracts, especially for
software and services, and the results of any monitoring of Fujitsu’s performance;
• Whether you received internal and/or external commentary, including from auditors, on the
appropriateness of any contract (and the provision within that contract) with Fujitsu;
• If you had a contract with Fujitsu, whether you considered terminating that contract, and if so
why.
We would be grateful for any assistance you are able to provide the Treasury Committee with in enabling
public scrutiny on this matter.
In line with the Committee’s usual practice, I will be placing this letter and, in due course, your response
in the public domain. I would be grateful for a reply by 1 February 2024.
Best wishes,
Harriett Baldwin MP
Chair of the Treasury Committee

18. Treasury Committee
House of Commons, Committee Office, London SW1A 0AA
Tel 020 7219 5769 Email treascom@parliament.uk Website www.parliament.uk/treascom
Abby Thomas
Chief Executive and Chief Ombudsman
Financial Ombudsman Service
via email
18 January 2024
Dear Abby,
Information Request: Contracts awarded to Fujitsu
Please can you provide the Committee with details of any contracts awarded by your organisation to
Fujitsu Services Ltd, or any other Fujitsu Global-owned entities since 2019, or that were in operation
after 2019.
In your reply, please can you provide:
• Details of the type of contract, including but not limited to the value, length and whether it was
tendered for through open competition or directly awarded. If a contract was directly awarded,
please provide the rationale.
• Whether considerations of supplier risk, including but not limited to whether the impact of
reported issues with the Horizon system, were taken into account in any contracts awarded or
not awarded to Fujitsu.
• Whether you took, or considered taking steps to bar Fujitsu from bidding for any contracts you
put out to tender;
• Whether you received directions or advice from any other part of government or the public
sector about whether Fujitsu should be allowed to take on any contract you put out for tender;
• What processes you have in place to measure the performance of any contracts, especially for
software and services, and the results of any monitoring of Fujitsu’s performance;
• Whether you received internal and/or external commentary, including from auditors, on the
appropriateness of any contract (and the provision within that contract) with Fujitsu;
• If you had a contract with Fujitsu, whether you considered terminating that contract, and if so
why.
We would be grateful for any assistance you are able to provide the Treasury Committee with in enabling
public scrutiny on this matter.
In line with the Committee’s usual practice, I will be placing this letter and, in due course, your response
in the public domain. I would be grateful for a reply by 1 February 2024.
Best wishes,
Harriett Baldwin MP
Chair of the Treasury Committee

19. Treasury Committee
House of Commons, Committee Office, London SW1A 0AA
Tel 020 7219 5769 Email treascom@parliament.uk Website www.parliament.uk/treascom
Sir Robert Stheeman
Chief Executive
Debt Management Office
via email
19 January 2024
Dear Sir Robert,
Information Request: Contracts awarded to Fujitsu
Please can you provide the Committee with details of any contracts awarded by your organisation to
Fujitsu Services Ltd, or any other Fujitsu Global-owned entities since 2019, or that were in operation
after 2019.
In your reply, please can you provide:
• Details of the type of contract, including but not limited to the value, length and whether it was
tendered for through open competition or directly awarded. If a contract was directly awarded,
please provide the rationale.
• Whether considerations of supplier risk, including but not limited to whether the impact of
reported issues with the Horizon system, were taken into account in any contracts awarded or
not awarded to Fujitsu.
• Whether you took, or considered taking steps to bar Fujitsu from bidding for any contracts you
put out to tender;
• Whether you received directions or advice from any other part of government or the public
sector about whether Fujitsu should be allowed to take on any contract you put out for tender;
• What processes you have in place to measure the performance of any contracts, especially for
software and services, and the results of any monitoring of Fujitsu’s performance;
• Whether you received internal and/or external commentary, including from auditors, on the
appropriateness of any contract (and the provision within that contract) with Fujitsu;
• If you had a contract with Fujitsu, whether you considered terminating that contract, and if so
why.
We would be grateful for any assistance you are able to provide the Treasury Committee with in enabling
public scrutiny on this matter.
In line with the Committee’s usual practice, I will be placing this letter and, in due course, your response
in the public domain. I would be grateful for a reply by 1 February 2024.
Best wishes,
Harriett Baldwin MP
Chair of the Treasury Committee

20. Treasury Committee
House of Commons, Committee Office, London SW1A 0AA
Tel 020 7219 5769 Email treascom@parliament.uk Website www.parliament.uk/treascom
Dax Harkins
Chief Executive
National Savings & Investments
via email
18 January 2024
Dear Dax,
Information Request: Contracts awarded to Fujitsu
Please can you provide the Committee with details of any contracts awarded by your organisation to
Fujitsu Services Ltd, or any other Fujitsu Global-owned entities since 2019, or that were in operation
after 2019.
In your reply, please can you provide:
• Details of the type of contract, including but not limited to the value, length and whether it was
tendered for through open competition or directly awarded. If a contract was directly awarded,
please provide the rationale.
• Whether considerations of supplier risk, including but not limited to whether the impact of
reported issues with the Horizon system, were taken into account in any contracts awarded or
not awarded to Fujitsu.
• Whether you took, or considered taking steps to bar Fujitsu from bidding for any contracts you
put out to tender;
• Whether you received directions or advice from any other part of government or the public
sector about whether Fujitsu should be allowed to take on any contract you put out for tender;
• What processes you have in place to measure the performance of any contracts, especially for
software and services, and the results of any monitoring of Fujitsu’s performance;
• Whether you received internal and/or external commentary, including from auditors, on the
appropriateness of any contract (and the provision within that contract) with Fujitsu;
• If you had a contract with Fujitsu, whether you considered terminating that contract, and if so
why.
We would be grateful for any assistance you are able to provide the Treasury Committee with in enabling
public scrutiny on this matter.
In line with the Committee’s usual practice, I will be placing this letter and, in due course, your response
in the public domain. I would be grateful for a reply by 1 February 2024.
Best wishes,
Harriett Baldwin MP
Chair of the Treasury Committee

21. Treasury Committee
House of Commons, Committee Office, London SW1A 0AA
Tel 020 7219 5769 Email treascom@parliament.uk Website www.parliament.uk/treascom
Adele Gritten
Chief Executive
Local Partnerships LLP
via email
19 January 2024
Dear Adele,
Information Request: Contracts awarded to Fujitsu
Please can you provide the Committee with details of any contracts awarded by your organisation to
Fujitsu Services Ltd, or any other Fujitsu Global-owned entities since 2019, or that were in operation
after 2019.
In your reply, please can you provide:
• Details of the type of contract, including but not limited to the value, length and whether it was
tendered for through open competition or directly awarded. If a contract was directly awarded,
please provide the rationale.
• Whether considerations of supplier risk, including but not limited to whether the impact of
reported issues with the Horizon system, were taken into account in any contracts awarded or
not awarded to Fujitsu.
• Whether you took, or considered taking steps to bar Fujitsu from bidding for any contracts you
put out to tender;
• Whether you received directions or advice from any other part of government or the public
sector about whether Fujitsu should be allowed to take on any contract you put out for tender;
• What processes you have in place to measure the performance of any contracts, especially for
software and services, and the results of any monitoring of Fujitsu’s performance;
• Whether you received internal and/or external commentary, including from auditors, on the
appropriateness of any contract (and the provision within that contract) with Fujitsu;
• If you had a contract with Fujitsu, whether you considered terminating that contract, and if so
why.
We would be grateful for any assistance you are able to provide the Treasury Committee with in enabling
public scrutiny on this matter.
In line with the Committee’s usual practice, I will be placing this letter and, in due course, your response
in the public domain. I would be grateful for a reply by 1 February 2024.
Best wishes,
Harriett Baldwin MP
Chair of the Treasury Committee