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Social Security Benefits: Translation Services

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 4 November 2025UIN 82833

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of benefits claimants who require translation support during appointments; and at what cost to the public purse.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

The Department does not hold data on the number of individual claimants who require interpreter support.

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