This is the reply from North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust  about how much it spent on interpreters and translation services:

I write in response to your request of 12/03/2009 for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please find below the information you have requested:

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust spent £57,221 in 2007/08 on provision of interpretation services for foreign language patients.

I hope that this information is satisfactory to your requirements.

Updated figure: £ 6,137,632

GIUSEPPE DE SANTIS

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This is the reply from Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust requesting information about how much they spent on interpreters and translation services:

• Under the FOI Act I would like to ask for the following information. How much did the trust spent on interpreters and translation services in 2008?

Please note that the below figures relate to the last complete financial year (2007/08):

£72,146.58 total spend on interpreting services
£60,331.03 specifically on foreign language interpreting

This letter also confirms completion of the request. Please note that copies of this request will be held on file for three years before being confidentially destroyed.

Updated figure: £ 4,710,670

GIUSEPPE DE SANTIS

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