Food Banks: Rural Areas

(asked on 21st February 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of trends in the cost of living on recent demand for food banks in rural areas.


Answered by
Alison McGovern Portrait
Alison McGovern
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 27th February 2025

The latest statistics on food bank usage including data at a national and regional level can be found in the household food security tables located here: Family Resources Survey: financial year 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK

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