Every parliamentary written question tabled by Lee Anderson this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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What information her Department holds on where Iranian migrants are being housed in asylum hotels.
The Home Office publishes data on a quarterly basis on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation. The data, which can be broken down by nationality, UK region and accommodation type, is located within Asy_D09 tab of the Immigration statistics data tables - Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK
How many Iranian irregular migrants are currently being housed in hotel accommodation.
The Home Office publishes data on a quarterly basis on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation. The data, which can be broken down by nationality, UK region and accommodation type, is located within Asy_D09 tab of the Immigration statistics data tables - Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to meet with his counterparts in (a) the EU and (b) Spain to discuss the status of Gibraltar.
We have no plans to meet with the EU, Spain, or any other party to discuss the status of Gibraltar. This Government is fully committed to the double lock: we will never enter into arrangements under which the people of Gibraltar would pass under the sovereignty of another State against their freely and democratically expressed wishes. And we will never enter into a process of sovereignty negotiations with which Gibraltar is not content. The Foreign Secretary and I continue, side by side with the Government of Gibraltar, to work with the EU and Spain to finalise a Treaty governing Gibraltar's relationship with the EU. Political agreement, including on a clause which safeguards Gibraltar's sovereignty, was reached on 11 June and all sides are working together to finalise the Treaty as soon as possible.
What data his department holds on how much health tourism has cost the NHS in each of the last 5 years.
The Department does not currently hold data on the overall cost to the National Health Service of treating complications arising from procedures carried out overseas. However, we are actively exploring ways to better understand the scale and impact of these costs on NHS services.
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much their Department has spent on translating documents into languages other than (a) English and (b) other native UK languages in each year since 2023; and what these languages were.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) operates across 282 posts worldwide and has a wide range of translation and interpretation requirements across multiple foreign languages. While some translation services are specifically contracted, much of this work is likely to be part of larger programmes or ad hoc, making it very difficult to provide specific data in response to this question.The FCDO does however procure essential translation services from FCDO Services. In the financial year 2024-25, the FCDO spend with FCDO Services on translations from English into languages other than Welsh was £133,000 (in 2023-24, it was £118,000). These translation services were used for approximately 30 different languages, predominantly for translations into Arabic, French, Spanish and the Afghan languages - Dari and Pashto.In addition, the FCDO uses its own staff overseas or local suppliers to provide translation services when required. Machine translation, such as Google, and Artificial Intelligence are now also used.
How much their Department has spent on translating documents into languages other than (a) English and (b) other native UK languages in each year since 2023; and what these languages were.
Spend: YearTotal2023£ 707,777.122024£ 882,118.002025£ 546,323.38 Languages: AlbanianHebrewCroatianAmharicTamilSomaliArabicUrduItalianBahasa IndonesiaNepaliCatalanBengaliFarsi (Persian)SwedishBSL (British Sign Language)SomaliPortuguese (Brazilian)BulgarianRomanianLithuanianCroatianJapaneseSerbianCzechNorwegianUkrainianDanishUkrainianNorwegianDariWelshEstonianDutchBulgarianFrenchEstonianTraditional ChineseThaiFarsi (Persian)BengaliFarsi (Persian)FinnishLatvian (Lettish)HungarianFrenchFrenchRomanianGermanGermanGermanGreekSwedishTurkishGujaratiPashtuBahasa IndonesiaHebrewDariDariHindiVietnameseVietnameseHungarianHungarianRussianIcelandicCatalanHebrewIndian PunjabiIcelandicGujaratiItalianItalianUrduJapaneseEstonianIndian PunjabiKoreanHindiWelshKurdish / Kurdish SoraniSinhaleseKoreanKurdish KurmanjiSlovenianGeorgianLatvian (Lettish)TurkishDanishLithuanianPortuguesePortugueseMacedonianBosnianOromo ( Afan)Malay (Malaysian)Kurdish / Kurdish SoraniAlbanianMalteseAmharicKazakhNorwegianDutchCzechOromo ( Afan)Bahasa IndonesiaKinyarwandaPakistani PunjabiIndian PunjabiPakistani PunjabiPashtuGujaratiMalay (Malaysian)PolishPolishPolishPortugueseLithuanianBulgarianPortuguese (Brazilian)Braille (Unified English)MacedonianRomanianDanishGreekRussianPortuguese (Brazilian)Traditional ChineseSerbianCastilianNepaliSimplified ChineseSimplified ChineseBosnianSinhaleseCroatianKurdish / Kurdish SoraniSlovakSlovakSlovakSomaliPakistani PunjabiPashtuSpanishSpanishSpanishSwedishGreekLatvian (Lettish)TamilBSL (British Sign Language)Simplified ChineseThaiRussianJapaneseTigrinyaEnglish (Easy Read)SlovenianTraditional ChineseThaiBengaliTurkishFinnishFinnishUkrainianArabicArabicUrduCzechDutchVietnameseSerbianSinhaleseWelshAlbanianBSL (British Sign Language) FlemishTagalog (Filipino) GalicianTamil KoreanTanzanian Swahili MacedonianUzbek Malay (Malaysian) Sindhi Spanish (LatAm) Tagalog (Filipino) Tanzanian Swahili Tigrinya
Media and Sport, how much their Department has spent on translating documents into languages other than (a) English and (b) other native UK languages in each year since 2023; and what these languages were.
DCMS does not hold information to the level of detail requested within its finance system or procurement system.Language service needs and spend are assessed to ensure these services offer good value for money for taxpayers while maintaining high standards of service delivery.
How much their Department has spent on translating documents into languages other than (a) English and (b) other native UK languages in each year since 2023; and what these languages were.
The Department for Business and Trade does not routinely record the costs for translation of documents into other languages separately from other translation and interpretation costs. We can confirm the Department for Business and Trade spent £14,085.54 on translating documents into other languages from April 2023 - July 2025. Other expenses may be excluded from this as they are not recorded at this level of detail.As the department for economic growth, we support businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the country. DBT employs teams based in priority markets around the world and those teams often use local language skills to help UK businesses access opportunities to export their goods and services globally. Likewise, they will use local language skills to promote the UK to a global audience, and in particular to attract high value investment to the UK.Language service needs and spend are assessed to ensure these services offer good value for money for taxpayers while maintaining high standards of service delivery.
How much their Department has spent on translating documents into languages other than (a) English and (b) other native UK languages in each year since 2023; and what these languages were.
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero does not record this data in a way in which we can determine what proportion of the spend on translation services was for translating documents into languages other than (a) English and (b) other native UK languages in each year since 2023; and what these languages were.
How much their Department has spent on translating documents into languages other than (a) English and (b) other native UK languages in each year since 2023; and what these languages were.
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 61621.
How much their Department has spent on translating documents into languages other than (a) English and (b) other native UK languages in each year since 2023; and what these languages were.
HMT cannot identify any costs relating to translating documents into languages other than (a) English and (b) other native UK languages in each year since 2023.
Innovation and Technology, how much their Department has spent on translating documents into languages other than (a) English and (b) other native UK languages in each year since 2023; and what these languages were.
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology have awarded two contracts for the total value of £97,848.94 since 2023 on translating documents into languages other than English and other native UK languages.These languages were: French, Korean, Arabic and MandarinThese translation services related to research on AI and Large Language Models and the material was not published.
How much their Department has spent on translating documents into languages other than (a) English and (b) other native UK languages in each year since 2023; and what these languages were.
The Ministry of Justice has a statutory duty to provide Language Services to enable access to justice for users for whom English is not their first language and those who require visual and tactile services, under the provision of the Equality Act.Language Service needs and spend are assessed to ensure these services offer good value for money for taxpayers while maintaining high standards of service delivery.In FY 23/24 the total contracted spend was £915,037.52.In FY 24/25 the total contracted spend was £1,003,283.32.In FY 25/26 so far, the total contracted spend is £256,707.82.The languages in this data exclude written translations into English, Welsh and Braille.The languages translated into from English (United Kingdom) are:Albanian (Albania)Amharic (Ethiopia)Arabic (Classical)Arabic (Egypt)Arabic (Modern Standard) Middle EasternArabic (Modern Standard) North AfricanArabic (Morocco)Armenian (Armenia)Bangla (Bangladesh)Bosnian (Latin, Bosnia and Herzegovina)Bulgarian (Bulgaria)BurmeseBurmese (Myanmar)Catalan (Catalan)Chinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)Croatian (Latin, Bosnia and Herzegovina)Czech (Czech Republic)Danish (Denmark)Dari (Afghanistan)Dutch (Netherlands)Estonian (Estonia)Filipino (Philippines)Finnish (Finland)French (Belgium)French (France)Georgian (Georgia)German (Austria)German (Germany)Greek (Greece)Gujarati (India)Hebrew (Israel)Hindi (India)Hungarian (Hungary)Icelandic (Iceland)Indonesian (Indonesia)Italian (Italy)Japanese (Japan)Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)Kiswahili (Kenya)Korean (Korea)Kurdish (Bahdini)Kurdish (Sorani)Latvian (Latvia)Lingala (Congo DRC)Lithuanian (Lithuania)Macedonian (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)Malay (Malaysia)Malayalam (India)Maltese (Malta)Mirpuri (Central Asia)Mongolian (Cyrillic, Mongolia)Nepali (Nepal)Norwegian, Bokmål (Norway)Norwegian, Nynorsk (Norway)Oromo (Ethiopia)PahariPotwari (Central Asia)Pashto (Afghanistan)Persian (Afghanistan)Persian (Iran)Polish (Poland)Portuguese (Brazil)Portuguese (Portugal)Punjabi (India)Punjabi (Pakistan)Romanian (Romania)Romany (Europe)Russian (Russia)Serbian (Cyrillic, Serbia)Serbian (Latin, Serbia)Shona (Latin, Zimbabwe)Sinhala (Sri Lanka)Slovak (Slovakia)Slovenian (Slovenia)Somali (Somalia)Spanish (Argentina)Spanish (Latin America)Spanish (Mexico)Spanish (Spain)Swedish (Sweden)Tajik (Cyrillic, Tajikistan)Tamazight (Latin, Algeria)Tamil (India)Tetum (Timor)Thai (Thailand)Tigrinya (Eritrea)Turkish (Turkey)Ukranian (Ukraine)Urdu (Islamic Republic of Pakistan)Uzbek (Latin, Uzbekistan)Vietnamese (Vietnam)Wolof (Senegal)Yoruba (Nigeria) The Languages translated into from English (United States) are:Arabic (Egypt)Hungarian (Hungary)Polish (Poland)Romanian (Romania)
How much their Department has spent on translating documents into languages other than (a) English and (b) other native UK languages in each year since 2023; and what these languages were.
The Department has spent £212,027.69 on translation services since 2023 (this covers the period from 1st January 2023 to 18 July 2025). The table below outlines the split of costs by calendar year.It should be noted that information is not held at the level requested. Translation ServicesAmountCalendar Year 2023£73,719.18Calendar Year 2024£79,893.56Calendar Year 2025£58,414.95Total£212,027.69
How much their Department has spent on translating documents into languages other than (a) English and (b) other native UK languages in each year since 2023; and what these languages were.
The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Communities and Local Government, how much their Department has spent on translating documents into languages other than (a) English and (b) other native UK languages in each year since 2023; and what these languages were.
MHCLG has spent £76,995 on translating documents since 2023. The languages that documents were translated into are: Amharic, Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Italian, Pashto, Portuguese, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tigrinya, Ukrainian, Urdu and Vietnamese. Language service needs and spend are assessed to ensure these services offer good value for money for taxpayers while maintaining high standards of service delivery.
How much their Department has spent on translating documents into languages other than (a) English and (b) other native UK languages in each year since 2023; and what these languages were.
The total cost incurred by the department in providing translation services from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, other than English and languages native to the UK, is £16,594.18 and these are broken down as follows:LanguageTotalArabic10,904.45Bangla (Bangladesh)536.45Gujarati (India)536.45Lithuanian447.74Pashto (Afghanistan)536.45Polish447.74Punjabi536.45Romanian447.74Somali680.07Ukrainian447.74Urdu536.45Yiddish536.45 16,594.18 The total cost incurred by the department in providing translation services for the period 01/04/2024 to 25/03/2025 is £25,286.79. This is split between £24,820.60 for British sign language and braille support and £318.57 for other translation services.
Food and Rural Affairs, how much their Department has spent on translating documents into languages other than (a) English and (b) other native UK languages in each year since 2023; and what these languages were.
The amount of expenditure recorded for translation services in the 2023/24 financial year, which runs from 1 April to 31 March, is £1,699.13. For the 2024/25 financial year, the provisional expenditure is £2,703.84.
How much their Department has spent on translating documents into languages other than (a) English and (b) other native UK languages in each year since 2023; and what these languages were.
There has been no expenditure by the Department on translating documents into any languages other than English and other languages native to the United Kingdom since 2023.
Whether her Department plans to increase the punishment for arson.
The crime of arson, where destruction or damage to property is committed by fire, is a horrific crime and should be investigated and punished with the full force of the law. The maximum penalty for arson is life imprisonment. The Government therefore does not intend to increase the maximum penalty for this offence. Sentencing for the offence is a matter for the independent Sentencing Council. In 2019 it produced guidelines for sentencing cases of arson.