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<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. These questions
remain in the survey and will allow us to track food security over time.</p><p> </p><p>Building
on the food insecurity data which this Government first published in 2019/20, we have
published official estimates of foodbank use for the first time this year covering
the period 2021/22. These will, alongside the broad suite of poverty data, help shape
future policy considerations. The new statistics on foodbank usage will help Government
to understand more about the characteristics of people most in need and we will continue
to work across Government to support the most vulnerable.</p><p> </p><p>The Government
recognises the pressures people are facing and has acted, providing total support
of over £94bn over 2022/23 and 2023/24 to help households and individuals with the
rising cost of living. In April 2023 we uprated benefit rates and State Pensions by
10.1 per cent, as well as increasing benefit cap levels by the same amount.</p>
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