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NHS: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on (a) external tenders and (b) contracts for (i) translation and (ii) interpretation services in the NHS in each of the last five years.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
25 Oct 2024
Target answer date
29 Oct 2024
Answer
6 Nov 2024 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on (a) external tenders and (b) contracts for (i) translation and (ii) interpretation services in the NHS in each of the last five years.

  2. 29 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The following table shows the Department’s expenditure against current and expired contracts with external suppliers of translation or interpretation services, in each of the last five financial years:Year2019/202020/212021/222022/232023/24Expenditure£9,8...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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