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New Inquiry: Interpretation and Translation services and the Applied Language Solutions contract
The Justice Select Committee is launching a call for written evidence on the provision of interpretation and translation services since Applied Language Solutions (ALS) began operating as the Ministry of Justice’s sole contractor for language services in February 2012
Outsourcing is not fit for purpose
It is clear that outsourcing provides unacceptable standards of service and higher costs, and is now questionable as a means of managing public services
Cost savings on court interpreting services are anything but
Professional interpreters are boycotting courts because of new pay arrangements
Government admits controversial ALS interpreter contract will not save £12m
The Government has admitted a controversial scheme to provide interpreters to the courts and West Midlands Police is unlikely to save £12 million
