PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Translation Services (8 July 2014)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on providing translation and interpretation services in each year since 2010.

Asked by:
Sir Nicholas Dakin (Labour)

Answer

The Department's spend on interpreters and translation costs for each financial year since 2010-11 to latest available year 2013-14 are all contained in the following table:

Department of Health Spend (excluding VAT)

Category

Year

Total

Interpretation and Translation

2010-11

£39,284.01

2011-12

£3,653.15

2012-13

£5,831.45

2013-14

£9,076.00

Interpretation and Translation Total

£57,844.61


Answered by:
Dr Dan Poulter (Labour)
15 July 2014

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