Police Resources
The documents below set out the Police Approved Interpreters/Translators (PAIT) scheme, alongside the guidance published by the College of Policing to police officers on the use of interpreters and translators. The National Police Language Services website is here.
Qualifications, experience and vetting required to be classified in the Police PAIT Scheme
Other useful Police guidance
- Police Authorised Interpreters and Translators Scheme – An explanation
- National Police Language Service Newsletters
- Briefing the interviewee: aide-memoire for interpreter-assisted interviews
- Working with an interpreter aide-memoire for interpreter -assisted interviews
- College of Policing briefing note: Using language services
- Police code of ethics
Ministry of Justice resources
- Independent Technical Review of Qualifications and Experience Requirements for the Provision of Spoken Language Interpreting
- Guide to language interpreter and translation services in courts and tribunals
- Current Ministry of Justice (MoJ) contracts for Language Services
Professional Body/Industry Guidance
UK Parliament Resources
- House of Lords Inquiry into Interpreting & Translation services in the Courts
- Parliamentary Question on the number and nature of qualified interpreters on the the MoJ's list
Scottish Government resources
