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Revenue and Customs: Translation Services

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainTreasuryTabled Answered 25 November 2024UIN 14531

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent by HMRC on (a) translation and (b) interpretation in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by James Murray

HMRC don’t hold all of the data required to provide a full response to the question. However, data is available on spend information from April 2020 up to November 2024:

2020/2021 – a) £0.32m b) £0.50m

2021/2022 – a) £0.29m b) £0.53m

2022/2023 – a) £0.45m b) £0.63m

2023/2024 – a) £0.59m b) £0.59m

2024/2025 – a) £0.41m b) £0.30m

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