Courts: Coronavirus

(asked on 11th June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many court hearings held remotely since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic have (1) included the virtual presence of an interpreter, and (2) been rescheduled because an interpreter was needed but not available. [T]


Answered by
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Lord Keen of Elie
This question was answered on 18th June 2020

Information on how many hearings held remotely since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic for spoken and non-spoken interpretation is provided below. The difference in start dates reflect the fact that thebigword’s system did not start recording any remote bookings until 30th March. We expect that very few took place before this date.

Dates

Number of telephone interpreting hearings

Number of video remote interpreting hearings

thebigword – spoken interpretation

30.3.2020 – 12.6.2020

2769

1470

Clarion uk – Non- spoken interpretation

23.3.2020 – 12.6.2020

N/A

288

The Ministry of Justice does not collect data on all hearings that have been rescheduled because an interpreter was unavailable. HMCTS performance data, including ineffective trial rates due to interpreter availability, is currently not available for this period.

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