The cost to taxpayers of providing translators in Scottish courts has quadrupled in the past six years, it was revealed yesterday.
The cost to taxpayers of providing translators in Scottish courts has quadrupled in the past six years, it was revealed yesterday.
In the last financial year £826,728 was spent providing translators for defendants, compared with £198,896 in 2003/04. The figures were provided by the Scottish Courts Service.
Glasgow and Strathkelvin had the highest costs and saw £99,464 spent in the last financial year compared with £47,898 in 2003/04, with a peak of £103,319 in 2006/07.
In Edinburgh the figure rose from £14,248 in 2003/04 to £92,670 in 2007/08, with a rise in Aberdeen from £2338 to £70,960 over the same period.
