Ministry of Justice: Translation Services
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2025 to Question 53819 on Ministry of Justice: Translation Services, what was the change in the cost of language services between 2019 and 2024.
Answered by Sarah Sackman
The cost for each of the four language service contracts in the years requested are in the table below (in £s):
| Face to face | Translation & Transcription | Visual and Tactile | Quality Assurance | Total |
2019 | 24,293,224.10 | 2,577,197.45 | 1,001,106.93 | 531,035.97 | 28,402,564.44 |
2020 | 16,425,864.81 | 2,066,580.04 | 1,199,690.68 | 525,412.56 | 20,217,548.09 |
2021 | 20,542,402.56 | 2,398,276.41 | 1,603,427.73 | 518,512.01 | 25,062,618.71 |
2022 | 23,189,695.49 | 1,816,523.53 | 1,480,500.68 | 512,592.01 | 26,999,311.71 |
2023 | 25,873,556.97 | 2,186,420.94 | 1,796,135.58 | 517,936.95 | 30,374,050.44 |
2024 | 26,729,057.53 | 2,826,541.95 | 1,550,246.80 | 519,312.07 | 31,625,158.35 |
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