Question follow-through · 90042
Prisons: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether translation (a) cards or (b) services are provided to foreign national prison officers to aid communication with prisoners.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 11 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 19 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether translation (a) cards or (b) services are provided to foreign national prison officers to aid communication with prisoners.
13 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Nov 2025
Answer published
Translation cards or services are not provided to any prison officers working in Public Sector Prisons (PSPs). The process for recruiting prison officers across all PSPs is the same for all applicants, both UK and non-UK nationals, with candidates being a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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