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<p>We have not made an assessment of this kind. Issues of food insecurity amongst
school children fall within the remit of the Department for Education so assessments
such as this would be their responsibility.</p><p>We take the issue of food security
seriously, which is why we added internationally used food security questions to the
Family Resources Survey in 19/20 and published the data in March this year. These
questions remain in the survey and will allow us to track food security over time.
Statistics on Household Food Security from the Family Resources Survey for financial
year 20/21 have a provisional release date of March 2022, subject to the usual quality
assurance.</p><p>National and regional statistics on the number of food insecure households
are published annually in the “Family Resources Survey” publication. Statistics on
levels of food insecure households in the UK , covering 2019/20, can be found at:
<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-resources-survey-financial-year-2019-to-2020"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-resources-survey-financial-year-2019-to-2020</a></p>
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