https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2022
30 June 2022
Criminal court statistics quarterly: January to March 2022
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2022
https://thestrayferret.co.uk/harrogate-murder-trial-adjourned-until-next-week/
28th June
The murder trial of Vitalijus Koreiva and Jaroslaw Rutowicz has been adjourned until Monday due to problems finding a Lithuanian translator. […]
Mr Koreiva, who is Lithuanian, was due to take the stand this week but his translator is unavailable until Friday and the court has been unable to find another one.
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/derby-judge-tells-defendant-next-7252509
24th June
[…] But as no Lithuanian interpreter was available which would have assisted the defendant throughout the hearing, his case was adjourned until next month. […]
14th June
Hospital patients denied access to interpreters
Hospital patients who do not speak English were denied access to interpreters, a survey has found.
As part of a national study, patient watchdog Healthwatch Norfolk interviewed 18 people - from Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, Eritrea, Romania, Russia and Poland - who are living in the county and asked for their experiences of healthcare.
In one case, a patient said she was told by staff at the James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston that "because she’s been here 10 years, she should be able to speak English now and she is not entitled to an interpreter”.
Another Lithuanian speaker said she was not offered one during a three-week hospital stay with Covid-19.
She said: “They kept saying they just don’t have interpreters and they did also mention that it costs a lot of money for them to use an interpreter."
A spokesman for the James Paget University Hospital said translation services were available - and staff would be reminded of that.
He said: "We understand how important it is for patients and their families to understand all aspects of their care and treatment.
"As such, translation services are available at the James Paget University Hospital for any patient who needs or requests assistance from an interpreter.
"The feedback in the Healthwatch survey is extremely useful in highlighting how we can make further improvements in this area, by ensuring all our staff are kept fully aware of the availability of our translation/interpreter services to our patients and their families."
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2022-06-01.11880.h
Asylum
Home Office written question – answered on 13th June 2022.
Zarah Sultana Labour, Coventry South
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) adjustments, (b) translation services and (c) other support her Department (i) has in place and (ii) plans to put in place for people seeking asylum who may initially provide incorrect personal details as a result of either translation issues or fear of political persecution in their country of origin.
Kevin Foster The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
All asylum claimants undergo a screening interview with the option of having an interpreter present.
If inaccuracies are identified with the information they have previously provided Home Office systems are amended and relevant checks are re-run.
10th June
[…] He was not asked to enter pleas to the charges as he had no lawyer and there was no interpreter available. […]
9th June
[…] But the case had to be adjourned until the end of the week as an earlier case overran and the Romanian interpreter explained that a prior appointment in Reading meant she was unable to stay until the end of the court day. […]
