Dear Rob Bates,

Thank you for your information request, received on the 21 December 2023.

Reference 7350 has been applied to your request which will be looked into
and a response provided within 20 full working days.

Should you have any queries in the meantime, please contact the Freedom of
Information Team at [1][Braintree District Council request email]

Kind regards,

Victoria Alexander

Performance & Information Officer

Braintree District Council | Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, CM7
9HB

 01376 552525| [2]www.braintree.gov.uk

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2. http://www.braintree.gov.uk/

Dear Rob Bates,

I am writing regarding your information request received by Braintree
District Council on the 21/12/2023, case reference 7350.

Your request for information has been processed under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA). The Act enables access to information held by the
Council, subject to exemptions contained within the Act. The Act does not
require the Council to create information to respond to a request if the
requested information is not held, nor to give an opinion or comment.

Please find our response to your request below:

Dear Braintree 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.

Translation & interpreting expenditure

┌──────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┐
│Financial year│Translation & interpreting expenditure│
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│2020/21: │£ 608.95 │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│2021/22: │£ 1,539.12 │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│2022/23: │£ 1,198.80 │
└──────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┘

Please be note Braintree District Council are not the responsible body
for: Primary and secondary schools; adult social care services and child
social care services; Libraries, and Public Transport. 

Information on these areas may be held by Essex County Council. To send
Essex County Council a request for information please view their website
at the following link:  

[1]https://www.essex.gov.uk/request-informa...

Braintree District Council transferred its social housing stock to
Eastlight Community Homes (formerly Greenfields) in 2007.

This information may be held by Eastlight Community Homes (ECH). To send
ECH a request for information please view their website at the following
link: 

[2]https://www.eastlighthomes.co.uk/contact...  

Right of internal review: If you are dissatisfied with the handling of
your request please contact us in writing, within 40 days of the receipt
of a full response, at: Emma Wisbey Governance and Member Manager,
Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, Essex,
CM7 9HB. Or e-mail: [3][Braintree District Council request email]

Right to appeal: Should you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of any
internal review, you have a right of appeal under S50 of the Freedom of
Information Act to appeal against the decision by contacting the
Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5AF. Or
e-mail: [4][email address]

Kind regards,

Victoria Alexander

Performance & Information Officer

Braintree District Council | Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, CM7
9HB

 01376 552525| www.braintree.gov.uk

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