Question follow-through · 12240
Asylum: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the total cost to the public purse of (a) translation and (b) interpretation for foreign languages with regards to asylum claim appeals.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 2 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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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 Justice, what data his Department holds on the total cost to the public purse of (a) translation and (b) interpretation for foreign languages with regards to asylum claim appeals.
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Ministry of Justice holds some, but not all, of the information requested. The information available for the most recent full financial year is set out below.Interpretation spend in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber (asylum claim appeals) for FY25/26...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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