Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of translation and interpreter services used by each individual NHS trust in England and Wales in each of the last five years.

This information is not held centrally. National Health Service organisations have duties under equality legislation which include making sure that their communities can understand information about NHS services and that patients and clinicians can communicate with each other. However, the Department would encourage NHS organisations to be efficient and save money where possible by working together and sharing resources.