Interpreters: Courts and Tribunals

(asked on 12th October 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how often each year between 2017 and 2020 interpreters were used in courts or tribunals in each of the following case categories, as specified by the Ministry of Justice's language services contract: (1) complex written, (2) complex, and (3) standard.


This question was answered on 27th October 2021

A table with the answer to the question is below:

HMCTS - Volume By Complexity & Calendar Year

Year

Complexity

Volume

2017

Standard

25,899

2017

Complex

104,382

2017

Complex Written

3,766

2018

Standard

26,230

2018

Complex

101,539

2018

Complex Written

4,125

2019

Standard

27,520

2019

Complex

100,720

2019

Complex Written

5,687

2020

Standard

27,113

2020

Complex

69,058

2020

Complex Written

4,046

Please note this data includes fulfilled Face to Face bookings only due to the enquiry referring to instances where HMCTS has ‘engaged individuals’

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