FOI release

Translation expenditure within the Department for Education

Published 26 September 2011

  • Date requested: 1 January 2011
  • Publish date: 26 September 2011
  • Updated: 17 November 2011

1. Request

Can the department provide information regarding how much money it spent on providing translation services from 2008-09 to 2010-11?

2. Release

Confirmation of departmental expenditure is as follows:

  • 2008-09 £2,742.82
  • 2009-10 £842.65
  • 2010-11 £362.63

The advertising and marketing freeze which was introduced in 2010 across all government departments resulted in the reduction in spend across all areas including translation services.