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Courts: Interpreters

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of court cases have required a translator for each of the last 10 years.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
20 Nov 2024
Target answer date
25 Nov 2024
Answer
29 Nov 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of court cases have required a translator for each of the last 10 years.

  2. 25 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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Possible follow-up questions

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Trials

22 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of (a) Magistrate Court, (b) Crown Court and (c) County Court trials that have collapsed due to (i) delay and (ii) error by the Crown Prosecution Service in each of

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Courts: Great Yarmouth

25 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what proportion of Great Yarmouth Magistrates' Court cases has the defendant required a translator in each of the last 10 years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Courts: Translation Services

25 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of court cases that collapsed due to the lack of an available interpreter in (a) Great Yarmouth Magistrates Court and (b) England and Wales in the last 12 months.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Courts: Fines

25 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much is outstanding for court fines on foreign national offenders (a) in Great Yarmouth constituency and (b) nationally.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Courts: Fines

25 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much in outstanding court fines for foreign national offenders was written off (a) in Great Yarmouth constituency and (b) nationally in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Courts: Fines

25 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of payments of court fines on foreign national offenders were made by benefit payment deductions (a) in Great Yarmouth constituency and (b) nationally in the most recent year for figures are avail

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Reoffenders: Foreign Nationals

25 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 13567 on Reoffenders: Foreign Nationals, how many reoffences were committed by foreign national offenders expressed as (a) one to five offences, (b) six to n

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prisons: Crimes of Violence

25 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults against prison staff foreign national offenders committed in each of the last ten years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Legal Aid: Undocumented Migrants

26 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much legal aid was provided to (a) irregular migrants and (b) asylum seekers in each of the last five years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Trials: Mental Illness

4 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trials have not taken place as a result of the defendant being deemed not fit for trial due to mental health conditions in each of the last five years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prisoners' Release: Temporary Accommodation

6 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners (a) have been released under the early release scheme and (b) are housed in (i) hotels and (ii) other contingency accommodation.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Reoffenders: Nationality

9 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December to Question 16095 on Reoffenders: Foreign Nations, what was the (a) total number of reoffences and (b) nationality of the five reoffenders with the highest number of reoffence