Question follow-through · 122922
Legal Aid Scheme: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Legal Aid Agency in ensuring solicitors use qualified and security-vetted interpreters in legally-aided family proceedings.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 23 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 30 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Legal Aid Agency in ensuring solicitors use qualified and security-vetted interpreters in legally-aided family proceedings.
25 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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30 Mar 2026
Answer published
Interpreters play a crucial role in family court proceedings, ensuring that individuals who do not speak English or have hearing impairments can fully participate and understand the legal process. For most family court proceedings, His Majesty’s Court and...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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