Jobcentres: Food Banks
(asked on 13th November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Department for Work and Pensions offers any guidance to Jobcentres on whether, and in what circumstances, it is appropriate to signpost or refer their clients to local food banks.
This question was answered on 21st November 2017
The Department for Work and Pensions does not refer claimants to food banks, but provides operational instructions to Jobcentre colleagues detailing when it is appropriate to signpost claimants to food banks.