Translation, Interpretation and language services costs
Dear North West Leicestershire District Council,
I wish to make an FOI request. Please provide me with the following information for the financial years 2020/2021, 2021/22, 2022/23:
The amount spent by the council on translation, interpretation and language services in all areas of council competence, including:
Primary and secondary schools;
adult social care services and child social care services;
the provision of any social housing for which it has responsibility;
libraries;
recycling and waste collection;
transport;
and other area in which such expenditure has been made.
If, for whatever reason, you are unable to provide the information for a certain facet of your operations please highlight which information cannot be disclosed and continue to disclose the rest of the information.
Yours faithfully,
Rob Bates
Dear Rob Bates,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST IG001502
I write further to your email dated 22/12/2023.
Your request has been dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA), explained on our [1]freedom of information
page.
Your request:
I wish to make an FOI request. Please provide me with the following
information for the financial years 2020/2021, 2021/22, 2022/23:
The amount spent by the council on translation, interpretation and
language services in all areas of council competence, including: Primary
and secondary schools; adult social care services and child social care
services; the provision of any social housing for which it has
responsibility; libraries; recycling and waste collection; transport; and
other area in which such expenditure has been made.
If, for whatever reason, you are unable to provide the information for a
certain facet of your operations please highlight which information cannot
be disclosed and continue to disclose the rest of the information.
Our response:
Information relating to interpretation and translation services can be
found on our website: Interpretation and translation - North West
Leicestershire District Council (nwleics.gov.uk)
The council's supplier is Language Line and the amount spent is:
22/23 was £1,208.80
20/21 was £19.80.
Some of the service areas you are interested in, such as schools and
social care, are managed by Leicestershire County Council rather than
ourselves, so you may wish to also direct your request to them.
The supply of information in response to a freedom of information request
does not confer the right to re-use the information. UK copyright law
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Yours sincerely
Information Governance Team
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NWLDC
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Coalville
Leicestershire
LE67 3FJ
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