[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

I have always used the term 'usage' in my posts on foodbanks, I am aware some people come 3 times, some 2 and many once.
I know because I help out at one.

I say again the figures are irrelevant, except in the fact that 'usage' of them was 50,000 in 2010, when this govt; came to power and all figures now state that distribution of stock has hit over 1,000,000 at least currently.
That 50,000 was bad enough and I equally condemn Labour for not doing more as to them by then too.

It changes nothing at all as to what should be the great scandal now of such an increase of people and usage in just under 5 years under the Conservative led govt;
50,000 to over 1,000,000, a totally indefensible disgrace.

That is the only relevant fact, in my view.

If you apply the same logic to the 2010 figure and the same person used the foodbank 3 times that would mean of that the true figure was 16,667 today that figure today equates to 361,535 which means 344,868 more people are using foodbanks today than 5yrs ago or an extra 68,974 people per yer over the last 5.
But like you say it wouldn't matter who, why or how many, it's been reported these are the nations undesirables.