| Heading: |
NHS: Translation Services |
| Question ID: |
1745288 |
| UIN: |
16687 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-27 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5158 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Rupert Lowe
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Rupert Lowe
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of letters posted by the NHS were in each language in each of the last five years; and what the cost of translation was for those letters. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-03 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4444 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Karin Smyth
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| Answering Member handle: |
karinsmyth
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@karinsmyth
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| Answer text: |
The Department does not hold the requested information centrally. Integrated care boards are responsible for arranging National Health Service healthcare services to meet the needs of their respective populations, which includes translation services.The D... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |