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100959

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Food Banks
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the percentage of people using food banks who also receive benefits; and whether they have any plans to discuss the matter with the organisers of food banks or to adapt benefits to take account of the situation.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gould of Potternewton
	uin	HL2415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>DWP does not monitor or estimate the percentage of people using food banks.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the extremely valuable work of civil society in supporting local communities. Government officials and Ministers routinely meet with a range of civil society organisations, some of which may be connected to foodbanks.</p><p> </p><p>DWP reforms are already making the benefits system simpler and helping claimants to move into work.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 04/11/2014 14:50:14 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	3573 label Biography information for Baroness Gould of Potternewton

890720

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Food Banks
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they last met with food bank organisers; what was the outcome of that meeting; and whether they plan to hold further such meetings.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL7240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>DWP meets regularly with key stakeholders including the Trussell Trust, which operates a network of over 425 food banks in the UK. Jobcentre Plus district managers have discretion to work with food banks in their area if they are invited to do so, as part of their wider community outreach work.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 02/05/2018 14:32:15 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

168396

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Food Banks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 20 December 2012 to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Wavertree, Official Report, column 929W, on food banks, what visits Ministers of his Department have made to foodbanks in order to assess the effects of welfare reforms on foodbank use since December 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	217484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>DWP Ministers have visited a range of organisations, including foodbanks, and discussed various topics, including welfare reform.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 11/12/2014 17:43:45 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 32887 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

174061

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Food Banks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what resources from the UK's allocatons of EU Structural Funds have been used to support food banks.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	221033
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The European Commission implementing decision of 3 April 2014 transferred €3.96m from the UK’s structural funds allocation to the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived.</p><p>The Government announced on 18 December 2014 that the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived will be used to support additional breakfast clubs in schools in deprived areas in England, subject to agreement with the European Commission. We believe that breakfast clubs effectively target help to many of the most deprived children – providing nutritious meals in some of the poorest areas, supporting academic attainment, promoting healthy eating habits at a young age and saving families money. This funding would be in addition to existing support provided by the Government – we have already committed just over £1 million over two years to support an expansion of breakfast clubs in poor areas.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/01/2015 16:21:10 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

346890

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Food Banks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of recent figures from the Trussell Trust that one million people in Britain will soon be using its food banks; and what assessment he has made of whether there is a link between welfare spending reductions and food bank usage.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	85
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department recognises the extremely valuable work of civil society in supporting local communities. As the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) Inquiry noted, the reasons why people use food banks can be complex and overlapping. Their use in this country can’t be attributed to a single cause.</p><p> </p><p>As promised the Department for Work and Pensions has done more to raise awareness of Short Term Benefit Advances for those in financial need at the start of a new benefit claim, including providing information on GOV.UK and posters and leaflets in Jobcentres. Guidance has also been updated and staff reminded of the process for considering STBA requests.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/06/2015 15:17:02 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

381567

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Food Banks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of people who have used a food bank in each month since January 2010.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	2606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not monitor the use of food banks.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/06/2015 14:59:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

383963

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Food Banks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to compile data on the number of people using food banks.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	3225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department does not monitor the use of food banks and has no plans to do so.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/06/2015 12:20:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

384428

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Food Banks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effects of the benefits sanctions and conditionality regime on use of food banks.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	900461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We have looked at this issue extensively and we agree with the conclusion reached by the All Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Hunger, that the reasons for food bank use are complex and overlapping. There is no robust evidence that directly links sanctions and Food Bank use.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/06/2015 16:01:02 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

386345

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Food Banks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 900461, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's evidence on the reasons behind food bank referrals.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	4630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>As I have previously detailed to the House, the reasons for food bank use are complex and overlapping. There is no robust evidence that directly links sanctions and food bank use.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/07/2015 13:03:33 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

435964

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Food Banks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the (a) location and (b) dates of visits he has made to food banks since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	18925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>DWP Ministers have visited a number of third sector organisations, faith groups, civil society organisations and charities, including food banks since May 2010.</p><br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/12/2015 15:39:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan