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Foodbanks: emergency food needed United Kingdom 2008-2018

Number of people receiving three days' worth of emergency food by Trussell Trust foodbanks in the United Kingdom from 2008/09 to 2017/18

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