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Food Poverty: Surrey Heath

Asked by Dr Al PinkertonLiberal DemocratDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 2 December 2025UIN 94331

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households experiencing food insecurity in Surrey Heath constituency.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

Data on the number of households experiencing food insecurity by constituency is not available due to sample sizes.

Statistics on the number of individuals living in households that are food insecure by region in the UK are published annually in the “Family Resources Survey” publication in “table 9_2” ofHousehold food security tables at Family Resources Survey: financial year 2023 to 2024 - GOV.UK.

The latest statistics published on 27 March 2025 are for the financial period 2023/24. The latest available data can also be found on Stat-Xplore: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.

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