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Courts and Prisons: Translation Services
Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 22 July 2025.
Lewis Cocking Conservative, Broxbourne
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation services in the (i) courts and (ii) prison system in the last financial year.
Sarah Sackman The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice
The Ministry of Justice has a statutory duty to provide Language Services to enable access to justice for users for whom English is not their first language and those who require visual and tactile services, under the provision of the Equality Act. Language Service needs and spend are assessed to ensure these services offer good value for money for taxpayers while maintaining high standards of service delivery.
In FY 2024/25, the spend in the courts was £33,073,280.44 on interpretation (spoken) and £136,879.03 on translation (written).
In FY 2024/25, the contracted spend in the prisons was £105,849.83 on interpretation (spoken) and £1,707,440.07 on translation (written).
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Social Security Benefits: Translation Services
Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 22 July 2025.
Lewis Cocking Conservative, Broxbourne
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much she spent on providing (a) translation and (b) interpretation services for benefit claimants in the last year.
Stephen Timms The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions
The spend in the period of January 2024 – December 2024:
a) Translation: £882,118 b) Interpreting: £6,774,336
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