Translation Services
Ministry of Justice written question – answered on 14th
April 2016.
Andrew
Slaughter Shadow Minister (Justice)
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many
times Capita Translation and Interpreting has met its key performance target
since it has been contracted to provide courtroom interpreting services; and
how many fines that company has incurred for missing those targets over that
period.
Shailesh Vara The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice,
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The key performance target under the Language
Services contract relates to successful completion of service requests for the
provision of interpreters. The contract sets out a 98% target completion rate.
The success rates for the first six months of the last financial year 2015/16
are 96.4 percent (Q1) and 97.3 percent (Q2). In addition the rate of complaints
over this period was at its lowest level at just over 1 per cent.
Service credits can be imposed on Capita in line
with the terms of the contract when performance falls below the contractual
level of 98% success rate. From the beginning of the contract in January 2012 until
September 2015 Capita TI has paid Service Credits on 44 occasions.
We are absolutely committed to further improving
performance to ensure a standard of language services that meets the needs of
all those who use the service in the justice system.
The contract has delivered significant improvements
so far and we now have a system that is robust, sustainable and able to deliver
a quality service at an affordable level. Since we introduced a new
interpreting contract in 2012 we have spent £38m less on language service fees.
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