Written questions

Food Poverty

2026-06-21 · Department for Work and Pensions · 12020 · Official question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that food insecurity data informs cross government anti poverty strategy.

Answer

Robust data is crucial to inform cross government anti-poverty strategy and policy design. The Households Below Average Income and Family Resources (HBAI) publication provides annual high-quality official statistics which are used to track a range of meas...