Question follow-through · 28407

NHS 111: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation on the 111 NHS contact number in 2024.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 3 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 5 Feb 2025
Answer: 25 Feb 2025 · 22 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

3 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation on the 111 NHS contact number in 2024.
5 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Feb 2025
Answer published
The NHS 111 service is nationally specified and locally commissioned. Each NHS 111 provider is responsible for procuring language interpretation services. The only centrally procured interpreting service is British Sign Language, as this is a seperate vid...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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