Translation & Interpretation

  • Reference Number: 3183
  • Date released: 29 June 2011

Request

I would like to know how much your force has spent on interpreters to translate for police officers and staff when dealing with members of the public.

As a separate amount, I would like to know how much the force has spent on translating written material into languages other than English.

I would like these figures for the last three financial years:

2008/2009

2009/2010

2010/2011

Please could you also include a list of the languages translated for each year?

Response

In accordance with section 1(1) (b) of the Act our response is provided below;

Some of the information you have requested is reasonably accessible to you by other means and is therefore exempt information in accordance with section 21 of the Act. Please see the following web link:

Interpreters & Translation Pages

Please see below for the remainder of the information requested:

2008/9 £2901

Languages: French, Portugese, Greek, Bengali

2009/10 £3,378.94

Languages: Slovak, Czech - plus also refer to FOIA Stats on website - this information already disclosed for translation undertaken by ALS

2010/11 £751.89

Language: Bulgarian- plus also refer to FOIA Stats on website - this information already disclosed for translation undertaken by ALS

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