Written questions

Ministry of Justice: Translation Services

Commons · Question 67128 · Tabled 11 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 21 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much their Department has spent on translating documents into languages other than (a) English and (b) other native UK languages in each year since 2023; and what these languages were.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Sackman, 21 Jul 2025

The Ministry of Justice has a statutory duty to provide Language Services to enable access to justice for users for whom English is not their first language and those who require visual and tactile services, under the provision of the Equality Act.Languag...