Question follow-through · 78046

NHS: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on (a) external tenders and (b) contracts for (i) translation and (ii) interpretation services in the NHS in the last 12 months for which information is available.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
10 Oct 2025
Target answer date
14 Oct 2025
Answer
23 Oct 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on (a) external tenders and (b) contracts for (i) translation and (ii) interpretation services in the NHS in the last 12 months for which information is available.

  2. 14 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The Department’s expenditure with external suppliers of translation or interpretation services from 1 October 2024 to 1 October 2025 was £32,442.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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