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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Translation Services

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 21 July 2025UIN 67135

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, 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 Feryal Clark

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology have awarded two contracts for the total value of £97,848.94 since 2023 on translating documents into languages other than English and other native UK languages.

These languages were: French, Korean, Arabic and Mandarin

These translation services related to research on AI and Large Language Models and the material was not published.

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