Tag: End Hunger UK

DWP Launches National Measurement Of Household Food Insecurity

Stuart Mitchell

From April 2019, the Department for Work and Pensions will be including the ten adult questions from the US Government’s survey on household food insecurity into the UK Family Resources Survey.   This is an annual survey, covering all four nations and has a large sample of 20,000 households.  Data is gathered over the course of a year and reported a year later.  In terms of food insecurity measurement, data collection will begin in April 2019 and be reported in April 2021.  There is lots of scope to do analysis at a disaggregated level to understand drivers…

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The Trussell Trust responds to Environmental Audit Committee’s report

Stuart Mitchell

The Environmental Audit Committee’s new report, Hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity in the UK, finds: Food insecurity is significant and growing in the UK, with levels among the worst in Europe, especially for children Government has failed to recognise and respond domestically – and has allowed these issues to ‘fall between the cracks’ Minister for Hunger should be appointed to ensure cross-departmental action As part of its work with the End Hunger UK campaign coalition, The Trussell Trust submitted evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee. Responding to the conclusions of the Committee,…

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