Emergency food parcel distribution in the United Kingdom: April 2023 – September 2023 methodology note.

This means that the overwhelming majority of people receiving support via a food bank in the Trussell Trust network do so because they are experiencing financial hardship.1 This voucher contains information such as the age of the person being referred to the food bank and how many adults and children are contained within their household, allowing the food bank to package up the number of parcels s. [...] Following a period to allow food banks to complete their data entry, the data sent out as part of this release acts as a census of the total number of parcels distributed in the Trussell Trust network during the stated period. [...] Beyond this there are other factors that could drive variations in the data such as the local economic climate, the policies of the local government, and the opening or closing of individual locations by food banks in the Trussell Trust network. [...] In 2023: The research was based on an online survey by the Trussell Trust of 184 food banks in the Trussell Trust network across the UK. [...] Number of individuals supported by food banks for the first time As part of this release of data the Trussell Trust have reported on the number of people supported by food banks in the Trussell Trust network.