Figures released on bookings subcontracted by Capita TI
Margaret Haig
Interpretation Project
Ministry of Justice, 2.19
2nd Floor, 102 Petty France
LONDON
SW1H 9AJ
E.interpretationproject@justice.gsi.gov.uk
www.justice.gov.uk
Our Reference: FOI 80663
21 February 2013
Dear Mrs McCafferty,
Freedom of Information Request
Thank you for your email of 4 February 2013, in which you clarify your previous request for information from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ):
“Thank you very much for sending through your response to my FOI request (FOI 80320). I would like to clarify that in my request I referred only to face-to-face interpreting bookings and only in foreign languages, excluding the British Sign Language. As for the term “subcontractor”, the Framework Agreement makes a distinction between Capita linguists of various tiers and other subcontractors, specifically, on Page 115: “For the purposes of this contract, Applied Language Solutions will act as sole supplier, with some part of the work delivered via a small number of subcontractors”; and on Page 118: “It is planned that all of the face-to-face interpreting will be undertaken by ALS and not subcontracted.”
I am therefore asking about the percentage of interpreter bookings completed by Capita’s subcontractors, e.g. other agencies, as opposed to self-employed linguists of various tiers registered on the Capita portal.”
Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). I have taken your request to cover the period of 30 January and 31 August 2012, as set out in your previous FOI request 80320.
I can confirm that the department holds information that you have asked for, and I am pleased to provide this to you.
During the period 30 January to 31 August 2012, 1.5% of the total successful face to face interpreter bookings for foreign languages were filled by other agencies through the Capita contract for language services.
You can also find more information by reading the full text of the Act (available at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/contents).
You have the right to appeal our decision if you think it is incorrect. Details can be found in the ‘How to Appeal’ section attached at the end of this letter.
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Yours sincerely
Margaret Haig
Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Service
