Claim: 1.1 million food parcels are given out — 1.1 million people who would starve otherwise.
Fact-check: Over a million food parcels given by Trussell Trust last year - Full Fact
Verdict: the trussell trust did give out 1.1 million parcels last year, but this isn't the same as the number of people, as people can use food bank vouchers more than once. we don't know how many people nationwide received parcels, but this may be in the right ballpark.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary
Date published: 2016-10-28T00:00:00