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Department for Education: Translation Services

Commons · Question 67131 · Tabled 11 Jul 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 23 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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 Janet Daby, 23 Jul 2025

The total cost incurred by the department in providing translation services from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, other than English and languages native to the UK, is £16,594.18 and these are broken down as follows:LanguageTotalArabic10,904.45Bangla (Bangl...