Use of language interpreter and translation services in courts and tribunals statistics: quarterly update to 31 March 2015
Statistics on the use of language services in courts and tribunals between 2013 and 31 March 2015.
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This publication contains statistics on the use of language services in courts and tribunals. These services are supplied under a contract with Capita Translation and Interpreting (TI) and ‘off contract’ when a request can’t be supplied under the contract.
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Key findings
- The total number of completed requests for language interpreter and translation services increased by 6% in the last quarter, from 37,700 in Q4 2014 to 39,900 in Q1 2015. The main driver for this quarter’s increase was an increase in completed requests at civil and family courts.
- The ‘success rate’ for completed requests for language interpreter and translation services has remained steady since Q1 2014, at around 95%.
- The total number and rate of ‘proven’ complaints, relating to completed service requests, have continued the downward trend. In Q1 2015, there were 617 complaints, with a complaint rate of 2%. The most common cause of complaint was ‘no interpreter available’.
- In Q1 2015, there were 570 completed ’off contract’ service requests, compared with 700 requests in Q1 2014, a decrease of 20%. In Q1 2015 ‘off contract’ service requests accounted for 1% of total completed service requests.
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