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<p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) does not keep official statistics on
foodback use as there are many reasons why people use foodbanks.</p><p>Nevertheless,
as a measured safeguard The Department offers financial support to those claimants
who have been sanctioned. We have a well-established system of hardship payments for
claimants who cannot meet their immediate and most essential needs, including accommodation,
heating, food and hygiene, as a result of their sanction.</p>
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