Letters
The letter below was received by Gisela Stuart MP from Steve Anderson, Chief Superintendent at West Midlands Police. It addresses the concerns raised in relation to the performance by Applied Language Solutions since the police force outsourced the interpreting service in November 2011.
Both the Association of Police and Court Interpreters (APCI) and the Society for Public Service Interpreting (SPSI), along with all other interpreters’ associations, are willing and waiting to commence talks
'I would like to repeat the Chartered Institute’s willingness to work with the MoJ to help resolve the difficulties the criminal justice system is currently encountering with the provision of suitable interpreting, but I would urge you not to confuse the issue by making unfounded claims about the earnings of public service interpreters'
'I am sure you will find no verifiable information either in the Ministry of Justice records or elsewhere that Public Service Interpreters in this country have in fact been earning £100,000 a year from their work for MOJ'
