Claim: 2.98 million people are now using food banks, up from 60,000 in 2010.
Fact-check: How many people use food banks? - Full Fact
Verdict: these figures appear to refer to the number of food parcels handed out by the trussell trust food bank network, not the number of people using food banks. we've not found a reliable estimate for the number of people using food banks currently. government figures suggest around two million people lived in a household which used a food bank in 2021/22, but evidence from food bank networks suggests use may have increased since.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Hannah Smith
Date published: 2024-02-05T00:00:00