Dear Rob Bates,

Freedom of Information Request Ref:3291

I refer to your recent request for information about translation services,
which was received by the Council on the 22nd of December 2023.

Your request is being dealt with in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and will be responded to within twenty working days
of the date of its receipt by the Council.

If you have any queries about your freedom of information request, do not
hesitate to contact me. Please quote the reference number above in any
further communication concerning your request.

Yours faithfully,

Beau Klusko

Epping Forest District Council
Civic Offices,
High Street,
Epping,
Essex, CM16 4BZ

(01992) 564000

Dear Rob Bates,

Freedom of Information Request Ref: 3291

I refer to your recent request for information about EFDC spend on
translation services. The information you requested is as follows:
The amount spent by the Council on translation, interpretation and
language services in all areas of council competence, including:

Primary and Secondary schools - are the responsibility of Essex County
Council [1]https://www.essex.gov.uk/request-informa...

Adult Social Care services & Child Social Care services - are the
responsibility of Essex County Council
[2]https://www.essex.gov.uk/request-informa...

The provision of any Social Housing for which it has responsibility:
Libraries - are the responsibility of Essex County Council
[3]https://www.essex.gov.uk/request-informa...

Recycling and waste collection -No cost
Transport - We do not provide transport
and other area in which such expenditure has been made (see below)

Language Line costs pertaining to homelessness service:

2020/21 £0.00

2021/22 £149.90

2022/23 £118.80

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You are free to use it for your own purposes, including for private study
and non-commercial research, and for any other purpose authorised by an
exception in current copyright law. Documents (except photographs) can be
also used in the UK without requiring permission for the purposes of news
reporting. Any other reuse, for example commercial publication, would
require the permission of the copyright holder.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your freedom of information
request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review
requests should be submitted within two months of the date of your receipt
of this response to your request and should be addressed to: Lynne Ridley,
Corporate and Data Protection Officer, Epping Forest District Council,
Civic Offices, Epping, Essex, CM16 4BZ.

Please quote the reference number above in any further communication
concerning your freedom of information request.

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connection with the Council’s handling of your request. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Yours faithfully,

Beau Klusko

Epping Forest District Council
Civic Offices,
High Street,
Epping,
Essex, CM16 4BZ

(01992) 564000

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