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<p>My Department has not made such an assessment.</p><p> </p><p>This Government continues
to spend over £95 billion a year on benefits for people of working age, providing
a strong safety net for those who need it including a well-established system of hardship
payments and benefit advances as an additional safeguard for those who need them.</p><p>
</p><p>Jobcentre mangers have discretion to work with food banks in their local area;
and we are exploring how to build on current good practice to make it as easy as possible
for food banks to identify and refer back to the local Jobcentre any customers who
may not be receiving the full formal support to which they are entitled.</p>
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