Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 22 May 2024.
Fleur Anderson
Shadow Minister (Northern Ireland)
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.
Jo Churchill
The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions
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
Yes2 people think so
No1 person thinks not
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