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Departmental Translation Services

Volume 473: debated on Wednesday 12 March 2008

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Mr. Paul Goodman

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was spent on translation services by her Department, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) to date in 2007-08. (187983)

Jim Fitzpatrick

The figures requested are in the following table. Those for DfT(c) include interpretation as well as translation. Separate translation information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

£000

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

DfT(c)

18.1

22.6

22.4

34.2

23.9

DVLA

84.2

92.7

78.8

134.5

111.7

VOSA

19.00

55.00

37.00

56.00

56.00

VCA

1.3

1.4

2.1

2.1

0.8

MCA

8.5

4.7

7.7

20.1

12.2

DSA

1—

1—

4.9

0.1

3.2

HA

2—

2—

2—

2—

2—

1 Data not available

2 Data not available except at disproportionate cost

Information on translations provided by the Department’s non-departmental public bodies is held by the bodies themselves. This information is not held centrally.