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Question for Ministry of Justice
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many instances of delayed hearings and trials were caused by the court having failed to book an interpreter in each of the last three years.
Legal Aid Scheme: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Legal Aid Agency in ensuring solicitors use qualified and security‑vetted interpreters in legally‑aided family proceedings.
Number of court interpreter requests since 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court interpreters have been requested for translation services in each year since 2020, broken down by the language requested.
Ministry of Justice confirms new court interpreting contracts from October 2026
Minister for Courts and Legal Services says contracts awarded to thebigword, Translate UK, Clarion UK, and The Language Shop
