Translation, Interpretation and language service costs across Scottish Government: FOI release

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002


Information requested

Information on expenditure for translation, interpretation, and language services for financial years 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23. You requested that the total spent by Scottish Government be aggregated and broken down by function for which the service was carried out.

Response

I have now completed analysis for the information you request and detail the costs in Table 1 at the end of this letter. This has been classified by the programme area responsible for occurring the costs.

The values relate to core Scottish Government expenditure and therefore do not include spend incurred by Health Boards, Local Authorities and agencies outside of the core Scottish Government boundary.

Table 1

Translation, Interpretation, and Language Services Spend

Financial Year

Programme Area

2020‐2021

2021‐2022

2022‐2023

Grand Total

Administration

£0.00

£120.00

£49.92

£169.92

Education Reform

£0.00

£0.00

£0.00

£0.00

Education Scotland

£60,009.33

£31,908.56

£23,687.86

£115,605.75

Redress, Relations and Response

£0.00

£0.00

£331.20

£331.20

Government Business and Constitutional Relations

£0.00

£382.50

£0.00

£382.50

Response and Readiness

£0.00

£0.00

£7,391.14

£7,391.14

Scottish Housing Regulator

£727.00

£0.00

£660.00

£1,387.00

Communities Analysis

£176.83

£0.00

£0.00

£176.83

Equalities, Inclusion and Human Rights

£0.00

£0.00

£120.00

£120.00

Islands Plan

£0.00

£0.00

£5,937.16

£5,937.16

Social Security Advice Policy and Programme Costs

£31.20

£5,778.99

£5,000.00

£10,810.19

Offender Services

£90.88

£110.42

£0.00

£201.30

Accountant in Bankruptcy

£884.56

£1,248.24

£1,432.02

£3,564.82

Justice Other Miscellaneous

£3,727.38

£1,119.58

£3,198.89

£8,045.85

Connected Communities

£0.00

£0.00

£1,500.00

£1,500.00

Ukrainian Resettlement

£0.00

£0.00

£34,611.34

£34,611.34

International & European Relations

£2,899.71

£3,134.89

£357.46

£6,392.06

Gaelic

£0.00

£0.00

£2,043.07

£2,043.07

Payments and Inspections Admin Costs

£0.00

£0.00

£531.30

£531.30

Revenue Scotland

£650.00

£0.00

£0.00

£650.00

Social Security Scotland

£94,268.73

£106,816.32

£395,658.24

£596,743.29

Grand Total

£163,465.62

£150,619.50

£482,509.60

£796,594.72

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