Bilingual Translation

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much it cost to provide bilingual translation services in the Department of (a) Education and (b) Health Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. (76415)

The information is as follows.

The costs incurred by the Department of Education for translations of documents in the last five are as follows:

	£
2001-02	20,345
2002-03	16,262
2003-04	10,817
2004-05	13,655
2005-06	¹8,026
¹ Figure for 2005-06 is not final due to outstanding invoices.

The costs incurred by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety for translations of documents in the last five years are as follows:

	£
2001-02	45,039
2002-03	95,620
2003-04	31,467
2004-05	9,746
2005-06	26,520

Volume 447: debated on Friday 16 June 2006