HM Prison and Probation Service: Translation Services

(asked on 9th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much HM Prison and Probation Service spent on interpreters and related translation services in (1) 2022, (2) 2023, (3) 2024 and (4) 2025.


Answered by
Catherine McKinnell Portrait
Catherine McKinnell
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 23rd October 2026

Language Services Spoken Language – His Majesty’s Prison Service and the Probation Service

Year

Total

2022

£903,265.64

2023

£1,142,286.27

2024

£1,249,088.25

2025

£1,331,246.67

Language Services Translation &Transcription – His Majesty’s Prison Service and the Probation Service

Year

Total

2022

£1,084,376.59

2023

£1,399,698.16

2024

£1,990,179.02

2025

£1,961,941.58

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