United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 101779
Food Poverty
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11 January 2022
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19 January 2022 · Answer
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19 January 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the the number of people in receipt of either (a) food bank or (b) other emergency food supplies.
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11 January 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the the number of people in receipt of either (a) food bank or (b) other emergency food supplies.
Source: Commons
19 January 2022
Answer
Food banks are independent, charitable organisations and the Department for Work and Pensions does not have any role in their operation. There is no consistent and accurate measure of food bank usage. We take the issue of food security seriously and under...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-11/101779
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1402004
- uk · wq-1402004 · source updated 19 January 2022