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Department for Education: Translation Services

Asked by Mr Andrew SnowdenConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 2 July 2026UIN 14006

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the written answer 11236 of 26 June 2026, if she will provide the same data for the five years before 2022/23.

Answered by Olivia Bailey

The amounts that the department spent on translation services in the two years prior to the 2022/23 financial year are:

Financial Year

Spend on Translation Services

2020/21

£3,310.09

2021/22

£7,512.00

Total Spend

£10,822.09

On the 1 April 2020 the department moved the management of its transactional finance services and record of account in-house. The department does not hold expenditure information in the equivalent structure prior to that date.

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