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UK Statistics Authority: Translation Services

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the UK Statistics Authority has spent on translation and interpretation services in each of the last five years.

answeredCabinet Office

About this written question

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
19 Nov 2025
Answer
26 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the UK Statistics Authority has spent on translation and interpretation services in each of the last five years.

  2. 19 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Rt. Hon. gentleman Parliamentary Question of 17th November 2025 is attached.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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