Question follow-through · 128817
Food Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department (a) collects and (b) holds data on foodbank usage; and if he will publish all such data for each of the last five years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 21 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 27 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 27 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department (a) collects and (b) holds data on foodbank usage; and if he will publish all such data for each of the last five years.
27 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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27 Apr 2026
Answer published
Statistics on the level of food bank use in the UK are published annually in the Households Below Average Income statistics report. The most recent publication is available here: Households below average income: for financial years ending 1995 to 2025 - G...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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