Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received from (a) the Trussell Trust and (b) other UK food bank providers over the last 12 months.
DWP has had regular contact with Trussell Trust over the last 12 months, at Ministerial and official level, on welfare reforms and how local Jobcentre Plus offices work with food banks. There has been no central contact with other UK food bank providers.