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Surge in foreign criminals doubles demand for court interpreters
Translation services have failed to keep pace with the increased requirements, leading to delays in trials, while costs have doubled since 2020
Scottish police interpreter requests revealed
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We have a statutory duty to provide an interpreter for anyone who requires it."
Surge in number of foreign criminals sees cost of court translators reach £152,000 a day - amid concern over scams and poor quality services
Last year, the 10 languages which required the highest spending on translators were Romanian, Polish, Arabic, Albanian, Urdu, Kurdish, Punjabi, Portuguese, Bengali and Lithuanian.
Question for Ministry of Justice
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many instances of delayed hearings and trials were caused by the court having failed to book an interpreter in each of the last three years.
