The reply from Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust to my enquiry about how much it spent on interpreters and translation services:

I refer to your email in which you requested information under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please find to follow the information as requested:

In 2007/08 Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust spent £14,546.81 on interpreting services.

If I can be of any further assistance to you please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely

Updated figure: £ 6,067,688

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Below, the the response from Oldham Primary Care Trust about how much it spent on interpreters and translation services.

I can confirm that Oldham Primary Care Trust does hold the information requested, and this is detailed below.

a) In 2007/8 Oldham PCT has spent around £140,000 on interpreting services.

Update Figure: £ 4,850,670

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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

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This is the information available on the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals’ website about how much they spent on interpreters and translation services:

Question 1. How much has the Trust spent on interpreting services in each of the past two financial years?

2. I would also like to see a breakdown of names and amounts paid to contractors who provide these services to the Trust.

Response 1.

2005/06 – £81,000
2006/07 – £85,000
2007/08 – £97,000
2008/09 – £93,000

2. 2006/07 – This information is not readily available due to a change of computer system. We can confirm that the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust holds information that falls within the description specified in your request. However, we estimate that it will cost more than the appropriate limit to consider your request. The appropriate limit is specified in regulations and is set at £450 for a NHS Foundation Trust.

The appropriate limit represents the estimated cost of one person spending two and a half days in determining whether the Trust holds the information, and locating, retrieving and extracting the information. Consequently, the Trust is not obliged by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to respond to this element of your request (see section 12(1))
However, we have narrowed the scope of the request and have provided information for the financial year 2007/08:

Cintra = £63,000
Language Line = £2,000
Intran = £32,000 (via consortium arrangement with Norfolk County Council)
Note: The Trust participates in a public sector collaborative purchasing scheme for purchasing translation services. The partnership, Intran, is hosted by Norfolk County Council.

Intran Partnership Agreement

Updated figure: £ 4,416,193 (the figure include only the expenditure for the year 2007/08)

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This is the reply from Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust in response to my request for information under the FoI Act asking how much they spent on interpreters and translation services:

Re:FOI/562

In response to your request for information, I confirm that in 2007/08 the
Trust spent £64,377 on interpreting services.

Updated figure: £ 4,250,976

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Below the response received by Bradford and Airedale Teaching Primary Care Trust about how much they spent in interpreters and translation:

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information – Interpreters and Translation

I refer to your request for information from Bradford and Airedale Teaching Primary Care Trust regarding the above.

You asked how much out PCT spent in interpreters and translation in 2008.

For 2007/08 the TPCT spent £146,525 on interpreting services. These costs include both contractors and employed staff whose principle function is translation and interpreting.

Updated figure: £ 1,553,112

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