Department for Transport: Translation Services

(asked on 20th June 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) their Department and (B) its agencies in 2025.


Answered by
Mike Kane Portrait
Mike Kane
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 30th June 2025

The Department and its agencies have spent £298,446.92 on translation and interpretation costs in 2025 (this covers the period from 1st January 2025 to 31st May 2025). The table below outlines the split of costs between the Department and each Agency. It should be noted that information is not held at the level requested.

Area

Translation and Interpretation costs

DfTc

£196,794.16

DVSA

£86,581

DVLA

£12,218.31

MCA

£2,853.45

VCA

£0

ATE

£0

Total

£298,446.92

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