Question follow-through · 45443
Food Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of people accessing foodbanks who work (a) full time and (b) part time.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 8 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of people accessing foodbanks who work (a) full time and (b) part time.
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2025
Answer published
Statistics on the number of individuals living in families that have used foodbanks in the past 30 days and 12 months are published on Stat-Xplore (https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/), including breakdowns by Economic Status of the Adult, in the Households B...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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