Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 28401 on Translation Services, what the spend was on interpretation for people contacting his Department excluding (a) British Sign Language and (b) all native languages in 2024.

The spend on interpretation for people contacting her department excluding (a) British Sign Language and (b) all native languages in 2024 was £6,345,260.60

For clarity and transparency of spend:

Spoken Face to Face interpretation in 2024 = £393,690.08

For additional information

Total British Sign Language Interpreting costs Face to Face = £1,505,061.80

Total Additional costs for native UK language interpretation (e.g., Welsh or UK dialect) = £14.40