Question follow-through · 83158
Health Services: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) cost for translation of and (b) percentage of communications in each language in e-RS communication letters was so far this year.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 17 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 20 Nov 2025 · 34 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) cost for translation of and (b) percentage of communications in each language in e-RS communication letters was so far this year.
21 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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20 Nov 2025
Answer published
NHS England only incurs costs for changes to templates or when new languages are added. Therefore, the primary cost is associated with template updates, not per-letter translation. No changes have been made to templates in 2025, nor have additional langua...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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