| Heading: |
Food Banks |
| Question ID: |
1788491 |
| UIN: |
41347 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5111 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Martin Wrigley
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Martin Wrigley
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report by the Trussell Trust entitled Almost one in five people receiving Universal Credit and disability benefits used a food bank in the last month, published on 7 March 2025, if |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-02 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4083 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Alison McGovern
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| Answering Member handle: |
Alison_McGovern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@Alison_McGovern
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| Answer text: |
No one should have to turn to a food bank. This is why we are committed to tackling poverty and ending mass dependence on emergency food parcels. We know that good work can significantly reduce the chances of people falling into poverty. As set out in the... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |