Universal Credit: Translation Services
Commons · Question 85014 · Tabled 24 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2025 to Question 83176 on Universal Credit, how many and what proportion of claims were made by people with the support of a paid interpreter; and what was the the t
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 12 Nov 2025
The Department does not retain data on how many and what proportion of Universal Credit claims were made by people requiring the support of paid interpretation services. The breakdown of costs for translation and interpretation across all benefits includi...