Question follow-through · 105685
Food Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of food poverty over the last 12 months.
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
- 14 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 21 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of food poverty over the last 12 months.
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jan 2026
Answer published
We are committed to tackling poverty and ending mass dependence on emergency food parcels. We published the Good Food Cycle in July which identified ten priority outcomes needed to build a thriving food sector while tackling a range of food related challe...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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