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Should be pointed out that the 1m is those using Trussel trust banks for year to Mar-14, shudder to think the number is now for all of the other banks.

Users of food banks, and I'm sure you know this, need to be referred to the food bank by a care professional, such as a doctor or social worker. The food bank will also then refer them on to an appropriate agency to help with their more chronic issues. That's what I was trying to describe as...

I agree, it's not proof in any way, but it's food for thought. The point being that many have looked at a £££ number and thought it looks fine but they've found that the reality of living on that income FOR ONE WEEK was an extreme hardship.

I (honestly) don't have the time to go and put together the expense side of this particular P&L, but I suspect we may be surprised about how little that covers. Meanwhile, take a read of this:- http://www.theguardian.com/politics/shortcuts/2013/apr/02/iain-duncan-smith-mp-living-on-benefits

I am certainly not saying that nobody is being frivolous, but it's an easy bat for the right to beat the poor with and it's shameful - In any case, for that small % of people who are spending on drink and drugs, surely bringing them in to the system and facing their problems is a good thing...

No - I'm drawing the logical conclusion that people are using food banks because they don't have enough money to buy their own food. Some are arguing that in most cases the lack of money is due to either being unable to cook or spending their money frivolously, I think the onus is on those...

My view is that people are using food banks because they are in poverty. I'm not so cynical to think that they're using food banks because either they're not able cook or they're being frivolous with their money. People are desperately poor in this country, some people struggle to accept that.

So you've taken a quote from a radio programme a 'few weeks ago' without any context and deduced that 'in most cases it (the use of food banks) could be completely avoided'. Not quite an open and shut case is it? Pillory the poor, that way we'll convince ourselves that everything is rosy in the...

I'm going to have a guess - Zero. You do realise you can't just rock up and do the equivalent of a weekly shop in Waitrose don't you?