FOI request (FOIR-854551643)

Foreign language translation and interpretation services

Requested Tue 07 July 2026
Responded Fri 17 July 2026

I am writing to request the following recorded information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please provide the total expenditure by on foreign language translation and interpretation services (excluding British Sign Language) for each of the following periods:

•  2022/23 financial year

•  2023/24 financial year

•  2024/25 financial year

•  2025/26 financial year to date (up to the most recent available month)

For each year, please also provide:

1.  The total amount spent.

2.  A breakdown of the top 5 suppliers and the amount paid to each (or all suppliers if fewer than 5).

3.  The top 10 most-used languages and the number of requests/jobs for each (if this data is held).

If the council procures these services through a framework, please state which framework is used.

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Response

1. The full expenditure for language translation and interpretation services are:

2022/23 - £21,077

2023/24 - £11,081

2024/2 - £9,411

2025/2 - £7,213

2026/27 - £755

2.

Clear Voice Interpreting Services - £21,838

Vandu Language services -  £21,341

AA Global Language Services - £3,118

Langues et Cultures ta Cambridge Gardens College - £2,016

Supreme Linguistic Services - £633

3. Information not held 

4No applicable.