MoJ Translation Spend over £20 million
Posted by Neil Payne on February 2nd, 2010
The Ministry of Justice admitted it has spent more than £20 million pounds on interpreters and translators in the last two years, fuelling concerns over the impact immigration is having on the public purse.
The figure included £11.8 million spent in 2007/08 which was higher than MPs had previously been told in a series of parliamentary written answers.
One, to Dominic Grieve, the shadow justice secretary, last year was more than £1 million short of the true figure, while Damian Green, the shadow immigration minister, was told spending had been £11.4 million.
Another, in 2008, only had figures for translation services and not interpreters while the fourth suggested more than £28 million had been spent in that year.
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