Written question asked by John Hayes (Conservative) on Tuesday, 18 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 November 2025. It was answered by Angela Eagle (Labour) on Monday, 15 December 2025 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Veterinary Medicines Directorate: Translation Services
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Veterinary Medicines Directorate has spent on translation and interpretation services in each of the last five years.
- Answer
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The Veterinary Medicines Directorate’s spending on translation and interpretation service was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The below table shows the total cost over the past five years.
This information is in the public domain.
Financial Year
Total VMD Cost
Function – All funded by a BMGF project.
20/21
Nil
Nil
21/22
£1,913.51
Online Translation subscription and workshop interpretation from English to French and vice versa.
22/23
£19,257.00
Online Translation subscription and interpretation service at three regional conferences in Sub-Saharan Africa from English to French and vice versa.
23/24
£212.54
Online Translation subscription
24/25
£141.19
Online Translation subscription
Total
£21,524.24
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 91904
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Veterinary Medicines Directorate Translation services
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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