PQ: 29 November 2024

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NHS: Translation Services

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 29 November 2024.

Richard Tice Reform UK, Boston and Skegness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much (a) United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust and (b) Lincolnshire Community Health Services spent on (i) translation and (ii) interpretation services in each of the last five years.

Karin Smyth Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The following table shows the amount of money United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust spent on translation and interpretation services each of the last five financial years:

financial years:

Year	Total spend
2019/20	£158,395.00
2020/21	£127,235.96
2021/22	£162,501.32
2022/23	£204,008.60
2023/24	£248,547.00

In addition, the following table shows the amount of money Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust spent on translation and interpretation services in each of the last five financial years:

Year	Total spend
2019/20	£34,638
2020/21	£43,790
2021/22	£56,512
2022/23	£71,885
2023/24	£42,692

During the COVID-19 pandemic, spend on translation and interpretation services reduced due to the reduction in planned activity across the providers’ sites. Since then, providers have significantly increased the number of patients they see and treat, which has resulted in increased interpretation and translation costs.

 

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Courts: Interpreters

Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 29 November 2024.

Rupert Lowe Reform UK, Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of court cases have required a translator for each of the last 10 years.

Heidi Alexander The Secretary of State for Transport

The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

PQ: 27 November 2024

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Lincolnshire Police: Translation Services

Home Office written question – answered at on 27 November 2024.

Richard Tice Reform UK, Boston and Skegness

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much Lincolnshire Police spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation services in each of the last three years.

Diana R. Johnson The Minister of State, Home Department

The Home Office does not hold information relating to the proportion of budgets spent on translation and interpretation services for police forces.

Decisions on how to use funding and resources are an operational matter for Chief Constables. Police and Crime Commissioners are best placed to make resourcing decisions within their communities based on their local knowledge and experience.

 

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NHS: Translation Services

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 27 November 2024.

Rupert Lowe Reform UK, Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 14 November to Question 14378 on NHS Translation Services what the (a) cost for translation of and (b) percentage of communications in each language in e-RS communication letters was in each of the last five years.

Karin Smyth Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The e-RS translated letters are based on standard templates, so NHS England only pays translation costs when the templates change, or when they add additional languages. The cost incurred in the last five years is £4,213, which breaks down as:

¾ £780 as of June 2019, with 10 languages;

¾ £1,593 as of June 2023, with 25 languages; and

¾ £1,840 as of January 2024, with 25 languages.

In addition, the following table shows the total letters sent and the proportion of translated letters sent each year since April 2019, at a summary level:

Year	Total e-RS letters	Total translated
2019/20	3,050,546	3.88%
2020/21	1,056,218	3.78%
2021/22	1,454,061	4.24%
2022/23	1,496,427	4.45%
2023/24	1,147,543	6.92%
2024/25	689,934	8.09%

Note: for 2024, the data is not for the whole year, but for the year to date.