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226405

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2015
	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: Scotland
	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 customers of his Department in Scotland who are using the services of food banks.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
	uin	227035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Birmingham, Hall Green, Roger Godsiff, <em>Official Report,</em> 13 January 2014<em>,</em> column 448W.</p><p>The answer can be found at the following link (UINs 181451 &amp; 181511):</p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140113/text/140113w0004.htm#column_448w" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140113/text/140113w0004.htm#column_448w</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 227034 227036 227037 question first answered 17/03/2015 14:33:05 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

226406

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2015
	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: Scotland
	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 customers of his Department in each Scottish city who are using the services of food banks.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
	uin	227036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Birmingham, Hall Green, Roger Godsiff, <em>Official Report,</em> 13 January 2014<em>,</em> column 448W.</p><p>The answer can be found at the following link (UINs 181451 &amp; 181511):</p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140113/text/140113w0004.htm#column_448w" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140113/text/140113w0004.htm#column_448w</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 227034 227035 227037 question first answered 17/03/2015 14:33:05 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

226410

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2015
	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: Scotland
	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 been signposted or referred to a food bank by each Jobcentre Plus office in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
	uin	227034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Birmingham, Hall Green, Roger Godsiff, <em>Official Report,</em> 13 January 2014<em>,</em> column 448W.</p><p>The answer can be found at the following link (UINs 181451 &amp; 181511):</p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140113/text/140113w0004.htm#column_448w" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140113/text/140113w0004.htm#column_448w</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 227035 227036 227037 question first answered 17/03/2015 14:33:05 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

169593

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Food Banks: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he has visited a foodbank.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	218007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2014 answer text <p>I have visited Highland and Peeblesshire food banks. On 29 June, I attended the Scottish Parliament Welfare Reform Committee to discuss welfare related issues, including food banks. At that meeting I committed to meeting witnesses who gave evidence to the Committee and I have since met with Oxfam, The British Medical Association and Barnardo’s Scotland. I will next meet with Loaves and Fishes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 19/12/2014 12:34:41 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

64415

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Food Banks: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the statement of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, giving evidence to the Scottish Parliament's Welfare Reform Committee on 26 June 2014, that 'I want an analysis of the use of foodbanks that everybody can subscribe to', whether his Department (a) is producing, (b) has commissioned or (c) plans to produce or commission any new research into the use of foodbanks in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
	tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
	uin	202813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My evidence to the Scottish Parliament's Welfare Reform Committee on the 26 June highlighted the underlying complexity to the use of foodbanks and my desire to ensure that any further analysis be done in a way that would ensure widespread support.</p><p>The Government has already commissioned a report on food security by Warwick University, which was published in February 2014.</p><p>The Government has no immediate plans to produce or commission further research, but will keep this under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 08/07/2014 12:35:43 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford