Question follow-through · 27329

Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of food bank dependency on people who (a) are disabled and (b) live in social housing.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 3 Feb 2025
Answer: 6 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

29 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of food bank dependency on people who (a) are disabled and (b) live in social housing.
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Family Resources Survey that measures whether a household has used a food bank in the past 30 days or 12 months can be accessed here Family Resources Survey - GOV.UK Individual level statistics on food banks can be found in the annual Households Below...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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