- Request
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Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information:
1.Can you detail the amount spent by the council from 2020/2021 to 2023/2024 on translation, interpretation and language services areas of council competence, including schools, social care services, social housing and any other area in which such expenditure has been made?
2. If possible, can you provide a breakdown of the top 10 most popular languages for which translation, interpretation and language service were sought over this period?
3. If it is possible to answer Q. 2) Can you provide a breakdown of how many persons were provided with translation, interpretation and language services for each of the top 10 most popular languages?
- Decision
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I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.
1. 20-21 - £ 60,760.27 21-22 – £ 145,511.24 22-23 - £ 317,801.49 23-24 - £ 290,165.01
2. 2020-2021
• Polish
• BSL (British Sign Language)
• Russian
• Latvian (Lettish)
• Romanian
• Lithuanian
• Portuguese
• Turkish
• Hungarian
• Bulgarian
2021-2022
• Polish
• Russian
• Lithuanian
• Latvian (Lettish)
• BSL (British Sign Language)
• Romanian
• Farsi (Persian)
• Portuguese
• Bulgarian
• Pashtu
2023-2024
• Polish
• Russian
• BSL (British Sign Language)
• Arabic
• Latvian (Lettish)
• Lithuanian
• Pashtu
• Bulgarian
• Romanian
• Kurdish / Kurdish Sorani
3. LCC do not hold information on how many specific service users were provided with these services
- Reference number
- FOI 11628601
- Date request received
- 30/01/25
- Date of decision
- 19/02/25