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Department of Health and Social Care: Translation Services

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 23 July 2025UIN 67130

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much their Department has spent on translating documents into languages other than (a) English and (b) other native UK languages in each year since 2023; and what these languages were.

Answered by Karin Smyth

There has been no expenditure by the Department on translating documents into any languages other than English and other languages native to the United Kingdom since 2023.

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