Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) spend on translation, interpretation, and language services: FOI release

Information requested

All expenditure made by our organisation, in every facet of its operations and purview, on translation, interpretation, and language services for the financial years 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23.

And also provide the aggregated total spent by our organisation and then, if possible, please provide this broken down by particular function for which the service was carried out.

 

Response

Whilst our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) does not hold all the information you have requested.

Please note SAAS make payments towards translation, interpretation and language services in relation to Disabled Students Allowance (DSA). The reporting requirements for SAAS and DSA do not require us to report against the specific categories you have asked for therefore we are unable to provide you with that information as it is not available.

This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Student Awards Agency Scotland does not have some of the information you have requested.

SAAS have engaged Deaf Action to provide the required British Sign Language (BSL) translation for our online funding guide videos and Eventbrite events. The table below details this expenditure.

Year	Date	Description	Amount paid
2020/2021	18/06/2020	BSL You Tube vide translation	£675.00
	30/09/2020	BSL Online funding guides	£1,315.20
	31/03/2021	BSL Interpreter for FA event	£104.00
	01/04/2021	BSL Funding guide update	£250.00
2021/2022	27/06/2022	BSL Online Funding Guides	£1,002.00
2022/2023	10/07/2023	BSL Funding Guide videos	£675.00
	27/11/2023	BSL Funding Guide updates	£325.00
Total amount paid			£4,346.20

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