Horizon software developer Fujitsu was awarded £6.8bn in public contracts by bodies including the FCA and HMRC.
Research by analysts Tussell found that Fujitsu had won 197 public sector contracts since 2012 for its technology services.
These included 12 contracts from the FCA worth £557mn as well as 11 from HMRC worth a combined £1.096bn.
A spokesperson for the FCA said: “We use a number of companies for IT support. We publish significant contracts. We tender publicly, as do any other public bodies.”
It comes after more than 700 sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses were prosecuted and forced to pay thousands of pounds after claims that they were stealing from the Post Office.
However, the Horizon software implemented in 1999 to manage transactions and accounts was actually faulty and to blame for the shortfall in Post Office accounts.
There is currently an inquiry underway with legislation set to come in to exonerate the victims.
In an article published by the Guardian yesterday (January 11) justice secretary Alex Chalk suggested that Fujitsu may have to repay the thousands of pounds spent on the Post Office scandal, which has been described as “one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in our nation’s history”.
Campaigners are calling for Fujitsu to be prohibited from being given any more government contracts.
A spokesperson for the government said: “We do not pre-empt the conclusions of the ongoing, formal inquiry, but once the full facts are established we will consider all options to hold those responsible for this scandal to account – both legally and financially.
“Ahead of that, and as with all contracts, we continue to keep Fujitsu’s conduct and commercial performance under review.”
Fujitsu said it did not wish to comment on the Tussell figures saying that public sector contracts were ‘a matter of public record’.
alina.khan@ft.com
