Courts: Translation Services
Commons · Question 66053 · Tabled 8 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Zöe Franklin
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the (a) effectiveness and (b) value for money of outsourcing interpreter and translation services for court proceedings; and what steps she has taken to ensure (i)
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 15 Jul 2025
The Department has recently undertaken a re-procurement of its interpreter and translation service under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. These regulations mandate that public bodies aggregate expenditure on classes of goods and services and ensure ...