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FOI/2025/26/085
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| Reference | FOI/2025/26/085 |
|---|---|
| Description | Translation & Interpreting related costs for the last 5 years |
| Date requested | 03/06/2025 |
| Attachments | N/A |
Request
I hope you are well.
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I would like to request the following information from your organisation:
How much was spent on translation and interpretation costs over the last five financial years (2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25)? Please could this data be broken down into a total sum over the five years and also broken down by each financial year.
Please can a separate list of the top five languages incurring the highest cost in the financial year 2024/25 also be included, with how much was spent on each language.
Response
Year Spend
2020/21 - £233,538
2021/22 - £265,662
2022/23 - £254,509
2023/24 - £266,694
2024/25 - £379,173
TOTAL - £1,399,576
Language Spend
Arabic - £81,116
Farsi (Persian) - £19,469
Portuguese - £14,850
Gujarati - £12,252
Romanian - £11,301