asked Her Majesty's Government:
How much the Home Office and each of its agencies has spent on translation services in each of the past five years. [HL4296]
Expenditure by the Home Office and its agencies on translation and interpretation services for the past five years was as follows:
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Home Office/BIA 14,326,865 13,499,482 14,900,472 10,445,757 9,768,234 IPS 576 2,629 2,961 2,652 5,861 CRB 0 65 0 0 13,687
The Home Office numbers include those for the National Offender Management Service and the Office of Criminal Justice Reform, which are now part of the Ministry of Justice. The decline in expenditure reflects falling asylum numbers.