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Schools: Translation Services

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 30 April 2025UIN 47012

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to schools of translating materials for parents with limited English in the last 12 months.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell

Each year, schools receive core funding from the department to cover their expenditures, which includes teacher salaries, support staff, school resources and other expenses.

The funding schools receive is not ringfenced for any specific form of expenditure and it is for each school to determine how this money will be best used to support their individual circumstances.

We do not hold any data on the cost of translation materials for parents.

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