FOI/202400391496 · FOI · not held
Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) spend on translation, interpretation, and language services: FOI release
Information requested
All expenditure made by our organisation, in every facet of its operations and purview, on translation, interpretation, and language services for the financial years 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23.
And also provide the aggregated total spent by our organisation and then, if possible, please provide this broken down by particular function for which the service was carried out.
Response
Whilst our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) does not hold all the information you have requested.
Please note SAAS make payments towards translation, interpretation and language services in relation to Disabled Students Allowance (DSA). The reporting requirements for SAAS and DSA do not require us to report against the specific categories you have asked for therefore we are unable to provide you with that information as it is not available.
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Student Awards Agency Scotland does not have some of the information you have requested.
SAAS have engaged Deaf Action to provide the required British Sign Language (BSL) translation for our online funding guide videos and Eventbrite events. The table below details this expenditure.
Year Date Description Amount paid 2020/2021 18/06/2020 BSL You Tube vide translation £675.00 30/09/2020 BSL Online funding guides £1,315.20 31/03/2021 BSL Interpreter for FA event £104.00 01/04/2021 BSL Funding guide update £250.00 2021/2022 27/06/2022 BSL Online Funding Guides £1,002.00 2022/2023 10/07/2023 BSL Funding Guide videos £675.00 27/11/2023 BSL Funding Guide updates £325.00 Total amount paid £4,346.20
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This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Student Awards Agency Scotland does not have some of the information you have requested.
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