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 within the Police PAIT Scheme
Other useful Police guidance
- Police Newsletter
- Briefing the interviewee: aide-memoire for interpreter-assisted interviews
- Police Authorised Interpreters and Translators Scheme – An explanation
- 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
- Guide to language interpreter and translation services in courts and tribunals
- Current Ministry of Justice (MoJ) contracts for Language Services
- Estimate of the number of qualified interpreters on the the MoJ's list
Scottish Government resources
