Question follow-through · 11103

Police: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of (a) translation and (b) interpretation services provided by (a) all police forces and (b) Norfolk Constabulary each year for the previous

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
24 Oct 2024
Target answer date
28 Oct 2024
Answer
1 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of (a) translation and (b) interpretation services provided by (a) all police forces and (b) Norfolk Constabulary each year for the previous

  2. 28 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 1 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The Home Office does not hold information relating to the proportion of budgets spent on translation and interpretation services for police forces.Decisions on how to use funding and resources are an operational matter for Chief Constables.Police and Crim...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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