To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what expenditure in 2006-07 was for interpreters in immigration services; and what expenditure is forecast for 2007-08. (142766)

[holding answer 15 June 2007]: The Border and Immigration Agency’s expenditure on interpreters’ fees in 2006-07 was £8,835,259. The budget for 2007-08 is £7,158,204.