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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Food Banks (16 May 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for trends in the level of the use of food banks in the last five years.

Asked by:
Fleur Anderson (Labour)

Answer

Foodbanks are independent, charitable organisations and the Department does not have any role in their operation.

The latest statistics on foodbank usage can be found in the household food security data tables found here -

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-resources-survey-financial-year-2022-to-2023


Answered by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative)
22 May 2024

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