Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Disclosure and Barring Service spent on interpreters and related translation services in (1) 2022, (2) 2023, (3) 2024 and (4) 2025.

Over the four years in question, the Disclosure & Barring Service spent £89,916.02 on interpreters and related translation services (including British Sign Language interpretation and translation plus other deafness support).

This breaks down as £16,413.69 in 2022; £24,730.10 in 2023; £21,093.70 in 2024; and £27,678.53 in 2025.