Written questions

Immigration: Translation Services

Commons · Question 78582 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost to the public purse was for the translation of immigration and asylum (a) letters and (b) documentation into foreign languages in each of the last 3 years.

Answer

Answered by Mike Tapp, 20 Oct 2025

The Home Office does not provide a document translation service for immigration and asylum letters and documentation. Where documentary evidence is submitted in evidence, it must be translated into English in order for the contents to be taken into accoun...