Food Banks
Commons · Question 41347 · Tabled 25 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report by the Trussell Trust entitled Almost one in five people receiving Universal Credit and disability benefits used a food bank in the last month, published on 7 March 2025, if
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 2 Apr 2025
No one should have to turn to a food bank. This is why we are committed to tackling poverty and ending mass dependence on emergency food parcels. We know that good work can significantly reduce the chances of people falling into poverty. As set out in the...