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Ministry of Justice: Translation Services

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 1 May 2025UIN 47346

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her Department's budget is for translation into foreign languages in the (a)2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 financial year.

Answered by Sarah Sackman

The budget for translation services in the 2024-25 financial year was £2,911,000.

While budgets are not set at the level of individual contracts, the figure represents the planned spend by HM Prison and Probation Service under its translation and transcription contract with an external provider.

We are unable to provide an equivalent figure for 2025-26 as budgets have not yet been set at that level of detail.

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