PQ: 28 September 2026

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2026-09-11.29096.h

Department for Work and Pensions: Translation Services

Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 28 September 2026.

John Hayes Conservative, South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on interpreters and related translation services in 2025.

Lilian Greenwood The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

The total contract costs from 1/1/25 – 1/1/26 are £12,109,032.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2026

24 September 2026

Criminal court statistics quarterly: April to June 2026

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2026

PQ: 24 September 2026

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2026-09-10.28934.h

Asylum: Translation Services

Home Office written question – answered at on 24 September 2026.

 

Connor Rand Labour, Altrincham and Sale West

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the standard of service provided by translators working on asylum claims.

Anna Turley The Minister of State, Home Department

We are satisfied with the standard of service provided by translators working on asylum claims. All interpreters conducting an assignment for the Home Office must adhere to a strict Code of Conduct to maintain the integrity of the profession. The Code of Conduct sets out clear expectations around impartiality, and the standards of conduct and behaviour interpreters are required to meet.

PQ: 22 September 2026

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2026-09-11.29097.h

Ministry of Justice: Translation Services

Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 22 September 2026.

John Hayes Conservative, South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on interpreters and related translation services in 2025.

Jake Richards The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice

The total spend by the Ministry of Justice on interpreters and related translation services during the 2025 calendar year was £41,945,961.34.

This figure includes expenditure on contracted spoken language interpreting (£30,127,536.45), non-spoken language interpreting (£1,849,519.44), translation and transcription (£2,988,335.45), and quality assurance services across the Ministry of Justice estate, including commissioning bodies (£524,692.00). It also includes off-contract language services expenditure incurred by HM Courts and Tribunals Service (£6,455,878.00). During the 2025 calendar year, more than 150,000 interpreter service requests were fulfilled across the Ministry of Justice estate.

"No interpreter available"

https://www.lep.co.uk/news/crime/man-moved-out-of-area-after-incident-which-sparked-school-lockdown-9088698

18^th September 2026

[…] ‘No interpreter available’

Reza appeared before Preston Magistrates last Thursday (September 10), but the CPS was unable to find an interpreter and it was determined that the case was not worth pursuing.

The charge was withdrawn and Reza was released from custody. Lancashire Police issued him with a community protection notice and the force said the 38-year-old has since moved out of the area.

A CPS Spokesperson said: “We recognise the concern caused by the behaviour reported outside a school.

“The defendant was charged with an offence that could only result in a fine or a discharge, and as he had already spent two days in police custody and he had no financial means, any fine was likely to have been offset by the time he had already spent in custody.

“Despite best efforts to secure an interpreter when the case was ready to be heard, none were available. In those circumstances, after careful consideration, we determined that the case could not continue.”

PQ: 8 September 2026

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2026-09-02.26776.h

Health Services: Interpreters

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 8 September 2026.

Rupert Lowe Restore Britain, Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS-funded interpreter bookings resulted in patient non-attendance in each of the last three years; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce costs arising from patient non-attendance where an interpreter has been booked.

 

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

The requested information is not centrally held by the Department.