Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 82833

Social Security Benefits: Translation Services

Tabled: 16 October 2025
Answered: 4 November 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of benefits claimants who require translation support during appointments; and at what cost to the public purse.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
The Department does not hold data on the number of individual claimants who require interpreter support.