Question follow-through · 12239
Asylum: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her department holds on the total cost to the public purse of (a) translation and (b) interpretation for foreign languages with regards to the asylum process.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 2 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
- Asylum: Fraud · 15 Sept 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her department holds on the total cost to the public purse of (a) translation and (b) interpretation for foreign languages with regards to the asylum process.
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jul 2026
Answer published
The information requested is not centrally held and could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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