Food Banks
Commons · Question 35034 · Tabled 3 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of social supermarkets on (a) alleviating food poverty and (b) supporting community activities.
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 11 Mar 2025
Social supermarkets are independent organisations and Department for Work and Pensions does not hold data on their operation. We are committed to tackling food poverty and ending mass dependence of emergency food parcels. To inform this work DWP officials...