Friday, 5 April 2013

Nottinghamshire Police spent £429,350.46 on interpreters in calendar year

Nottinghamshire police are spending more than £1,000 a day on translating for people who can't speak English.

The figures were revealed after a Freedom Of Information request. 

They show that from April 2011 to April 2012, £429,350.46 was spent on translation services.

38 different languages were covered including the highest which were:

Polish £179,339.83
Romanian £35,937.75
Russian £32,240.70
Urdu £25,267.99
Lithuanian £25,381.06

The service is used for victims and suspects who cannot speak English but the force has admitted the system is not as cost-effective as it could be.

Time to force these people to speak english to save money, or better still, deport them

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