Courts: Interpreters
Ministry of Justice written question – answered on 7th
September 2017.
Mark
Hendrick Labour/Co-operative, Preston
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many
British sign language court interpreters are available in each region in England.
Dominic Raab
The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice
The provision of British Sign Language interpreters
to the Ministry of Justice has been provided by Clarion UK Ltd since 31st
October 2016.
The current number of interpreters available for
use by Clarion under this contract is 353. The table below sets out a notional
spread of these interpreters across each of the HMCTS regions within England
and Wales, this regional breakdown is based on the interpreter’s home postcode,
and so it should be noted that these interpreters may be deployed to any
location across England and Wales.
Region
|
Number of British Sign Language Interpreters
|
South East
|
75
|
South West
|
15
|
London
|
64
|
North East
|
20
|
North West
|
73
|
Wales
|
24
|
Midlands
|
82
|
In addition to these 353 interpreters available
through Clarion, the Ministry of Justice may make use of additional, locally
sources British Sign Language interpreters on an ‘off contract’ basis, where it
is in the best interests of justice to do so.
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