Language services in courts and tribunals statistics: January 2012 to June 2014
Statistics on the use of language services in courts and tribunals between 30 January 2012 and 30 June 2014.
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Key findings
- number of completed requests for language services (made under the contract) in the second quarter (Q2) of 2014 has decreased for the first time since information has been collected (Q1 2012). This is largely driven by a reduction in tribunal requests
- success rate’ for completed requests for language services (made under the contract) decreased slightly in Q2 2014, to 94.1% from 94.5% in the first quarter (Q1) of 2014. Success rate in Q2 2014 is still well above the 2013 average of 90.1%
- complaint volume and rate have continued the downward trend. Q2 2014 the complaint rate (1.8%) was the lowest since the contract began
- when a request can’t be supplied under the contract, it is provided ‘off contract’. ‘Off contract’’ requests are made directly by courts and tribunals. Completed ‘off-contract’ requests for language services continue to decline quarter on quarter (600 in Q2 2014). In Q2 2014, ‘off contract’ requests accounted for 1.5% of all completed requests compared with 6.9% in Q2 2013
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