Taxpayers fund huge rise in costs for interpreters
TAXPAYERS have witnessed a near-fourfold rise in the cost of interpreter services in Scottish courts over the past three years.
Country-wide costs increased by an average of 291 per cent over the last three years. The translation service now costs taxpayers 653,000 a year, compared with 167,000 in 2003-4, according to figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
Aberdeen Sheriff Court had the highest percentage increase in costs – with demand increasing 12-fold in the last three years. The court spent 26,000 on providing help for non-English speakers compared with 2,000 in 2003-4.
But Glasgow and Strathkelvin spent the most on providing interpreters for non-English speaking communities followed closely by Edinburgh.
Glasgow's costs rose from 48,000 in 2003-4 to 103,000 pounds last year and over the same period Edinburgh's costs rocketed from 14,000 to 102,000.
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