United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 90237
Food Banks
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12 November 2025
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19 November 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the causes of the reduction in foodbank use in this calendar year and (b) how this trend can be built upon.
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12 November 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the causes of the reduction in foodbank use in this calendar year and (b) how this trend can be built upon.
Source: Commons
19 November 2025
Answer
The Government is committed to tackling poverty and ending mass dependence on emergency food parcels. We have already introduced the Fair Repayment Rate, reducing the Universal Credit overall deductions cap from 25% to 15% of a customer’s standard allowan...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-12/90237
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1851764
- uk · wq-1851764 · source updated 19 November 2025