Great Britain food bank parcels distributed
Great Britain food bank parcels distributed stood at 2,576,984 Parcels in 2025. It is one of the indicators in the Food bank parcels table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 2015 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Food bank parcels table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total food parcels distributed | |||||||||||
| Great Britain | 2,576,984 | 2,914,753 | 3,146,025 | 2,623,491 | 2,162,961 | 2,396,929 | 1,782,412 | 1,476,545 | 1,285,044 | 1,124,086 | |
| England | 2,204,106 | 2,485,994 | 2,670,247 | 2,216,879 | 1,837,549 | 2,011,986 | 1,414,990 | 1,166,630 | 1,014,832 | 887,096 |
Understanding great Britain food bank parcels distributed
Confined to Great Britain, this aggregate sums emergency food parcel distributions across England, Scotland and Wales while explicitly excluding Northern Ireland. By omitting the fourth home nation, it serves as a geographic bridge between the UK total and single-nation counts, capturing all provisions allocated to both adults and dependent children. Sibling rows separate these operations into individual constituent countries and local authority areas, whereas this series consolidates mainland operations exclusively.
Parcels delivered rather than unique claimants form the accounting unit, meaning recurring assistance to the same family registers repeatedly across the annual cycle. Given the absence of sub-annual reporting in this series, twelve-month financial-year comparisons offer the standard method to observe shifts without distortions from winter utility spikes or term-time variations. Comparisons with broader poverty indicators must account for variations in charitable infrastructure between mainland regions, which influence how effectively local need translates into recorded distributions.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the territorial distinction between this series and the UK total?
- This measure excludes Northern Ireland, capturing activity strictly within England, Scotland and Wales.
- Are adult and child parcel allocations separated here?
- No, this series aggregates emergency food packages provided to both adults and children into a single mainland total.
- Can these figures be equated directly with unique recipients?
- No, identical recipients supported across several distinct instances throughout the year are tallied each time a parcel is granted.