PQ: 9 July 2025

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2025-06-27.63455.h

Health Services: Translation Services

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 9 July 2025.

Joe Robertson Conservative, Isle of Wight East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list each foreign language where there has been (a) translation and (b) interpretation to facilitate engagement with the proposed NHS 10-Year Health Plan.

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

The Change NHS portal was available in English, Urdu, Romanian, Punjabi, and Polish, as these are the five most common languages in England, as reported by the 2021 Census. Participants at 10-Year Health Plan deliberative engagement events were given the option to request translation into any other language.

PQ: 7 July 2025

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2025-06-20.61617.h

Department of Health and Social Care: Translation Services

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 7 July 2025.

Rupert Lowe Independent, Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, 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.

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

The Department’s expenditure with external suppliers of translation or interpretation services for the 2025 calendar year to date was £7,196, excluding British Sign Language expenditure. In addition, there was no expenditure for languages native to the United Kingdom. This was expenditure mainly for providing accessible, easy to understand versions of technical and legal documents for patients and the public, commissioned by different directorates within the Department.

PQ: 2 July 2025

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2025-06-18.HL8566.h

Department for Work and Pensions: Translation Services

Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 2 July 2025.

Lord Agnew of Oulton Conservative

To ask His Majesty's Government how much the Department for Work and Pensions has spent in each year since 2020 under the RM6141 and RM6302 language services frameworks; and whether the department has used or maintained any separate or competing frameworks, contracts or commercial routes for the procurement of language services during the same period, and, if so, how much has been spent through them.

Baroness Sherlock The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions

The Framework reference RM6141 is the contract we currently have with DALanguages and the spend associated with this supplier is:

Jun 22 – May 23 £6,877,133

Jun 23 – May 24 £7,139,303

Jun 24 – May 25 £9,878,029

There are no costs from 2020, as the Framework reference for that period is different to what has been requested.

The framework RM 6302 does not begin until May 26.

DAL was selected as the supplier for DWPs interpreting requirements, in a fair and open competition. We have not used or maintained any separate or competing frameworks, contracts or commercial routes for the procurement of language services during the specified period.