Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 93832
Food Banks
Tabled: 24 November 2025
Answered: 28 November 2025
Question
Jim McMahon
Labour (Co-op) — Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) food banks and (b) food bank users in each year since 2015.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonThe Department does not hold official statistics on the number of registered food banks. Food banks are independent organisations, often run by charities, faith groups, or community organisations, and are not regulated or registered centrally by the Gover...
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