Police: Translation Services
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure translators used by police forces are impartial.
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson
Police are operationally independent so this is not a matter for the Home Office.
The National Police Language Services (NPLS) team oversees the procurement and provision of language and interpretation services for police forces across the UK .National Police Language Services (NPLS) | Police.uk (www.police.uk)
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