Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 91905

Animal and Plant Health Agency: Translation Services

Tabled: 18 November 2025
Answered: 4 December 2025

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Animal and Plant Health Agency has spent on translation and interpretation services in each of the last five years.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) uses an external company to translate some of its correspondence, GOV.UK pages and communication products into Welsh when required. There is a charge for this translation service. Specific details of this expenditure could only be provided at disproportionate cost.