PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(19 November 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much (a) United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust and (b) Lincolnshire Community Health Services spent on (i) translation and (ii) interpretation services in each of the last five years.

Asked by:
Richard Tice (Reform UK)

The following table shows the amount of money United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust spent on translation and interpretation services each of the last five financial years:

Year	Total spend
2019/20	£158,395.00
2020/21	£127,235.96
2021/22	£162,501.32
2022/23	£204,008.60
2023/24	£248,547.00

In addition, the following table shows the amount of money Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust spent on translation and interpretation services in each of the last five financial years:

Year	Total spend
2019/20	£34,638
2020/21	£43,790
2021/22	£56,512
2022/23	£71,885
2023/24	£42,692

During the COVID-19 pandemic, spend on translation and interpretation services reduced due to the reduction in planned activity across the providers’ sites. Since then, providers have significantly increased the number of patients they see and treat, which has resulted in increased interpretation and translation costs.

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