Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 962

Food Banks

Tabled: 22 July 2024

Answered: 25 July 2024

Named Day

Question

Neil Coyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting a target for the level of food bank usage by the end of this Parliament.

Answer

Alison McGovern

We are committed to tackling poverty and ending the mass dependence on emergency food parcels. We will be considering the best way to achieve these important objectives over the coming weeks and months working through the new Ministerial Taskforce on Chil...

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