The data displays the number of people receiving three days' of emergency food from foodbanks in the UK from fiscal year 2008/09 to fiscal year 2017/18. Throughout this period the number of foodbank users has increased sharply, from just over 25 thousand user in 2008/09 to over 1.33 million in 2017/18.
2008/09 | 25899 |
2009/10 | 40898 |
2010/11 | 61468 |
2011/12 | 128697 |
2012/13 | 346992 |
2013/14 | 913138 |
2014/15 | 1084604 |
2015/16 | 1109954 |
2016/17 | 1182954 |
2017/18 | 1332952 |