FOI/202300391272 · FOI · unclear
Social Security Scotland translation, interpretation and language services spend: FOI release
Information 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:
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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