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Food Standards Agency: Translation Services

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 21 November 2025UIN 90132

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Food Standards Agency has spent on translation and interpretation services in each of the last five years.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

The following table show how much the Food Standards Agency spent on translation and interpretation services in each of the last five years:

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

2024/25

Expenditure on translation and interpretation services

£8,000

£5,000

£4,000

Nil

Nil

Data in the table relates to the Food Standards Agency’s Westminster budget. Expenditure in Wales and Northern Ireland, funded by the respective devolved administrations, has been excluded. Figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand.

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