Written Question·Home Office·UIN 17866

Police: Translation Services

Tabled: 4 December 2024

Answered: 12 December 2024

Question

Alex Sobel

Labour (Co-op) — Leeds Central and Headingley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure translators used by police forces are impartial.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

Police are operationally independent so this is not a matter for the Home Office.The National Police Language Services (NPLS) team oversees the procurement and provision of language and interpretation services for police forces across the UK .National Pol...

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