Select Committee

National Children’s Bureau

FDO0111 - Food, Diet and Obesity

Written Evidence May. 24 2024

Inquiry: Food, Diet and Obesity
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Food, Diet and Obesity Committee

Found: This is reflected in the experience of Hope Nottingham, who run foodbanks in Nottingham.

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Select Committee

2024-05-22 09:25:00+01:00

Oral Evidence May. 22 2024

Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)

Found: causes, Helen Barnard from the Trussell Trust was also at the event and said that seven in 10 users of foodbanks

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Written Question

Food Banks

Wednesday 22nd May 2024

Asked by: Fleur Anderson (Labour - Putney)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for trends in the level of the use of food banks in the last five years.

Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

Foodbanks are independent, charitable organisations and the Department does not have any role in their operation.

The latest statistics on foodbank usage can be found in the household food security data tables found here -

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-resources-survey-financial-year-2022-to-2023

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Select Committee

American University of Sovereign Nations

CCS0006 - Climate change and security

Written Evidence May. 15 2024

Inquiry: Climate change and security
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environmental Audit Committee

Found: Use of emergency foodbanks increased nearly 50% in 2010.

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Non-Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Low Pay Commission

May. 08 2024

Source Page: Self-employment, the gig economy and the National Minimum Wage
Document: (PDF)

Found: told us: “yes, definitely, and the last few months have been really hard, I’ve got couriers using foodbanks

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Deposited Papers

Apr. 23 2024

Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance April 2024 [update of previous guidance, deposited Oct 2023, DEP2023-0791]. 204 docs. II. Letter dated 15/04/2023 from Jo Churchill MP to to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex 1. 9p.
Document: 068._Foodbanks_V3.0.pdf (PDF)

Found: Foodbanks There will be occasions when a claimant find s themselves in an emergency situation and

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Deposited Papers

Apr. 23 2024

Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance April 2024 [update of previous guidance, deposited Oct 2023, DEP2023-0791]. 204 docs. II. Letter dated 15/04/2023 from Jo Churchill MP to to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex 1. 9p.
Document: Updated_UC_Guidance_Library_Deposit.pdf (PDF)

Found: attend - good reason V9.0 66 Fair Start Scotland programme V7.0 67 Flexible Support Fund V30.0 68 Foodbanks

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Deposited Papers

Apr. 23 2024

Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance April 2024 [update of previous guidance, deposited Oct 2023, DEP2023-0791]. 204 docs. II. Letter dated 15/04/2023 from Jo Churchill MP to to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex 1. 9p.
Document: HOC_List_March_2024.docx (webpage)

Found: - good reason V9.0 66 Fair Start Scotland programme V7.0 67 Flexible Support Fund V30.0 68 Foodbanks

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