Food Banks
(asked on 27th June 2018) - View Source
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons government departments do not substantively answer parliamentary questions on food bank usage.
This question was answered on 5th July 2018
It is for individual Departments to ensure that written Parliamentary Questions (PQs) are answered in line with the Ministerial Code.
The Ministerial Code sets out that Ministers must give accurate and truthful information to Parliament. The Cabinet Office produces guidance to officials on drafting answers to PQs. This is available on GOV.UK;
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drafting-answers-to-parliamentary-questions-guidance.