Translation service costs in 2024 (FOI)

​Request 679385739

1.

How much was spent on interpreter services across all sectors in 2024?

2.

How many used interpreter services in 2024?

3.

What nationality’s were the users of interpreter services and what percentages in 2024?

Response

1.

In total £39,248 was recorded in accounts as being spent across government on interpreter services in 2024 – please note that this does not include translation services.

2 

Records indicate that 7 Government Departments and 2 Non-Ministerial Departments used Interpreter services in 2024. 

3.

Information relating to the nationalities of users of Interpreter services is not routinely recorded, Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies. 

Below is a list of the languages used for interpreting services, which does not necessarily reflect the nationality of users. Please note that some departments did not record information relating the languages used, so this list is not exhaustive. 

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Information on percentages is not routinely held, and a Scheduled Public Authority is not required to manipulate and create new data sets in response to a Freedom of Information request. Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 therefore applies.

Article applied 

Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a)     it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b)     it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.