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Police: Translation Services

Question for Home Office

UIN 17866, tabled on 4 December 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure translators used by police forces are impartial.

Answered on

12 December 2024

Police are operationally independent so this is not a matter for the Home Office.

The National Police Language Services (NPLS) team oversees the procurement and provision of language and interpretation services for police forces across the UK .National Police Language Services (NPLS) | Police.uk (www.police.uk)

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