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
