Question follow-through · 57488
Courts: Interpreters
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the cost of off-contract bookings for interpreter bookings in the last five years.
About this written question
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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 cost of off-contract bookings for interpreter bookings in the last five years.
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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