HC Deb 13 January 2003 vol 397 cc377-8W
Mr. Peter Duncan

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what has been the cost incurred by her Department in providing translation of(a) forms and (b) publications for (i) Welsh and (ii) Gaelic speakers in the last 12 months. [90398]

Alun Michael

(i) The central Translation Section of Defra has spent the following amounts on translations of forms and publications into Welsh.

Financial year Forms (£) Publications (£) Total (£)
2001–2002 486 4,715 5,2001
2002–2003 (to 31.12.02) 8,719 11,198 19,917

(ii) The Translation Section has not provided any translations into Gaelic.