Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
FOI Reference: FOI/202300391272
Date received: 28 December 2023
Date responded: 28 January 2024
Information Requested
You requested information from the financial years 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23.
All expenditure made by your organisation, in every facet of its operations and purview, on translation, interpretation, and language services.
Please provide the aggregated total spent by your organisation and then, if possible, please provide this broken down by particular function for which the service was carried out.
Response
Spend on translation, interpretation and language services totals £620,844 since financial year 2020/2021. The below table provides a breakdown:
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Spend in £s by financial year |
|||
|
2022/23 |
2021/22 |
2020/21 |
|
|
Cost of translation of documents into different languages (for example, translation of corporate documents and application forms) |
370,440 |
87,853 |
70,989 |
|
Cost of British Sign Language interpretation and the provision of easy read versions of documents (for example BSL/easy read documents for stakeholder and client engagement/interactions) |
2,480 |
10,871 |
22,807 |
|
Costs associated with the provision of an interpreter, whether in person or over the phone (for example BSL/easy read documents for stakeholder and client engagement/interactions) |
38,334 |
13,072 |
473 |
|
Accounting adjustments not allocated to specific service |
3,525 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total Expenditure |
414,779 |
111,796 |
94,269 |
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