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Police: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to help ensure that police forces have access to an adequate number of security-vetted translators proficient in Chinese languages and dialects, including Hokkien and

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
27 Apr 2026
Target answer date
30 Apr 2026
Answer
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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to help ensure that police forces have access to an adequate number of security-vetted translators proficient in Chinese languages and dialects, including Hokkien and

  2. 30 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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