Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to publish the results of the responses to the 10 new food security questions introduced to the Family Resources Survey in 2019.

The Family Resources Survey has collected data on food security since April 2019.

The results for the 2019-20 survey year will be released in March 2021. The exact date of publication will be announced at least 4 weeks in advance, in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics.

The inclusion of results from the food security questions is subject to the usual quality assurance processes which accompany all DWP statistical publications.