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Saturday 06 December 2025
Salisbury Foundation Trust

FOI_8881

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8881

Date Request Received: 01/09/2025 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 29/09/2025 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Interpreting services

Request Category: Companies

 
Question Number 1:
I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information act.

• Volume of requests for F2F interpreting for spoken languages last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025)

 
Answer To Question 1:
11
 
Question Number 2:
• Spend on F2F interpreting for spoken languages last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025)
 
Answer To Question 2:
£18,549.49 (July 2024 till May 2025)
 
Question Number 3:
• Volume of requests for BSL interpreting last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025)
 
Answer To Question 3:
10 (F2F & Video)
 
Question Number 4:
• Spend on BSL interpreting last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025)
 
Answer To Question 4:
£ 853.80 (non-spoken Face to face and video, July 24 - June 25)
 
Question Number 5:
• Volume of requests for telephone interpreting for spoken languages last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025)
 
Answer To Question 5:
1,328
 
Question Number 6:
• Spend on telephone interpreting for spoken languages last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025)
 
Answer To Question 6:
£ 16,495.76 (Scheduled Telephone and on demand Telephone booking, July 24 - June 25)
 
Question Number 7:
• What are the top 10 languages requested in the last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025)
 
Answer To Question 7:
Dari (Afghanistan), Pashto, Polish, Romanian, Bengali (Sylheti), Kurdish Sorani, Chinese(Mandarin), Ukrainian, Nepali, Farsi
 
Question Number 8:
• Are you currently engaged in a contract with a language service agency/multiple agencies?
 
Answer To Question 8:
Yes, contract in place with supplier
 
Question Number 9:
• What is the name of those agencies?
 
Answer To Question 9:
Language Empire (Supplier)
 
Question Number 10:
• If a contract for language services/interpreting is in place, what date does this end on?
 
Answer To Question 10:
31/06/2026
 
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