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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the number of interpreters used in the court system in each of the last fives years; and what languages these interpreters were for.
The current state of interpreting services in the courts is inefficient, ineffective and poses a risk to the administration of justice, peers declared today following an extensive inquiry. The government was urged to use a current procurement for language services contracts to reform the sector ‘or risk reinforcing significant jeopardy to justice for the foreseeable future’.
Court interpreters could see regular pay rises when new government contracts for language services begins next year, the Ministry of Justice has told parliamentarians conducting an inquiry into translation services.
Outsourcing is not working, say critics, citing poor pay, conditions and a lack of qualified staff
