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Food Poverty

Commons · Question 12482 · Tabled 4 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 12 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of surveys undertaken by the Food Foundation Food entitled Food insecurity tracking, published in July 2024, on a potent

Answer

Answered by Alison McGovern, 12 Nov 2024

We are committed to tackling poverty in all its forms and this includes tackling food insecurity by reducing mass dependence on emergency food parcels. Good work can significantly reduce the chances of people failing into poverty so will be the foundation...