Question follow-through · 57487
Courts: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the increase in court translator costs in each region in England and Wales in the last five year.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 4 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 9 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the increase in court translator costs in each region in England and Wales in the last five year.
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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9 Jun 2025
Answer published
We do not hold spend data for each region. Total annual spend across all 4 language services contracts, with % increases have been calculated and set out below:Year Total Year on Year % increase Total Growth (since 2020) Sitting Days (Financial Year) 2020...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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