Question

To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how many food banks are supported by the Church of England in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) Yorkshire and Humber in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.

The Church of England supports food banks across the country in various partnership models including with other Churches and the Trussell Trust. Figures for the years specified are not currently available in all the areas requested. The Church of England is currently in the process of conducting a large-scale survey of Church of England parishes, which will provide updated figures, due to be published in 2015.