Social Security Scotland’s translating costs: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
What was the cost to translating Social Security Scotland’s website and benefit information/application forms into each of the following languages?
I know the total cost in the financial year 2023/24 was £28,132. I am looking for the breakdown by language?
Polish
Arabic
Romanian
Urdu
Russian
Ukrainian
Traditional Chinese
Kurdish Sorani
Farsi
Gaelic
Lithuanian
Slovak
British Sign Language
Response
Please find attached the requested information.
The invoices paid in 2023-24 included costs for translations which occurred in 2022-23. As a result, Bulgarian, Hindi and Latvian are listed in the attached document.
Please note the total differs from the total provided in our previous response. When reviewing the relevant invoices, to determine the breakdown of cost by language, it was identified that two invoices had been assigned incorrectly. The total cost of translating benefit information was £22,852.03.
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