Veterinary Medicines Directorate: Translation Services
(asked on 18th November 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Veterinary Medicines Directorate has spent on translation and interpretation services in each of the last five years.
The Veterinary Medicines Directorate’s spending on translation and interpretation service was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The below table shows the total cost over the past five years.
This information is in the public domain.
Financial Year | Total VMD Cost | Function – All funded by a BMGF project. |
20/21 | Nil | Nil |
21/22 | £1,913.51 | Online Translation subscription and workshop interpretation from English to French and vice versa. |
22/23 | £19,257.00 | Online Translation subscription and interpretation service at three regional conferences in Sub-Saharan Africa from English to French and vice versa. |
23/24 | £212.54 | Online Translation subscription |
24/25 | £141.19 | Online Translation subscription |
Total | £21,524.24 |
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