PQ: 30 June 2025

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Ministry of Justice: Translation Services

Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 30 June 2025.

Rupert Lowe Independent, Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) their Department and (B) its agencies in 2025.

Alex Davies-Jones The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for 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 provisions 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.

The total cost of translation and interpretation services in FY24/25 was £30,208,228.05, excluding British Sign Language and the Welsh language.

To support the answer to part b, the below tables show the split per contract and per commissioning body for FY 24/25. These tables include interpretation and translation services only.

Lot 1 Contract (Face to Face)

Excludes: English

Commissioning Body	Total FY 24/25
HM Courts and Tribunals Service	£25,921,301.19
The Probation Service	£1,116,839.04
Crown Prosecution Service	£316,223.31
Cafcass	£241,885.26
HM Prison Service	£105,849.83
Legal Aid Agency	£77,950.08
Office of the Public Guardian	£3,510.95
HM Inspectorate of Prisons	£815.90
Official Solicitor and Public Trustee	£189.34
Prisons and Probation Ombudsman	£329.20
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority	£50.65
Total	£27,784,944.75

Translation & Transcription Contract

Excludes Language pairs:

English (United Kingdom) > Welsh (United Kingdom)

Welsh (United Kingdom) > English (United Kingdom)

English (United Kingdom) > English (United Kingdom)

Commissioning Body	Total FY 24/25
HM Prison Service	£1,485,869.95
Official Solicitor and Public Trustee	£284,540.39
The Probation Service	£280,647.57
Crown Prosecution Service	£143,853.76
Cafcass	£116,820.56
HM Courts and Tribunals Service	£64,112.15
Independent Monitoring Authority	£6,057.43
HQ	£4,012.18
Office of the Public Guardian	£6,496.96
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority	£1,095.89
Prisons and Probation Ombudsman	£24,431.67
HMIPEW	£3,479.31
Independent Monitoring Board	£270.13
Legal Aid Agency	£11.56
Parole Board	£1,382.34
HM Inspectorate of Prisons	£201.45
Total	£2,423,283.30

 

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Home Office: Translation Services

Home Office written question – answered at on 30 June 2025.

Rupert Lowe Independent, Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) their Department and (B) its agencies in 2025.

Seema Malhotra The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)

The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

 

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Department for Work and Pensions: Translation Services

Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 30 June 2025.

Rupert Lowe Independent, Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) their Department and (B) its agencies in 2025.

Andrew Western The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

In 2025 so far, within the stipulations, there has been spent on:

(a) Translation = £470,542.73

(b) Interpretation = £3,248,467.21

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.

 

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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Translation Services

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 30 June 2025.

Rupert Lowe Independent, Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) their Department and (B) its agencies in 2025.

Alex Norris Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

MHCLG spent £59,064.46 on translation and interpretation services in FY24/25, excluding the languages specified in the question.

MHCLG does not report on translation and interpretation separately.

MHCLG does not pay for these costs for any of its agencies.

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.