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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Translation Services

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 9 July 2025UIN 61613

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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 contacti

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

The amount of expenditure recorded for translation services in the 2023/24 financial year, which runs from 1 April to 31 March, is £1,699.13.

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