You can ask Iain Duncan-Smith, Secretary of State at the Dept for Work & Pensions (DWP) many things and he will have an answer for most of them.
Quick as a flash he will be able to tell you how many benefits claimants have been sanctioned, how many appealed this sanction, how many were unsuccessful at appealing this decision and how many people will be affected by the benefits cap and so on. How much money he is saving on the benefits budget is his all time favorite though.
Jobcentres, which are run by the DWP, are one of the organizations which refer benefits claimants to Food Banks so why is it that when you ask him how many benefit claimants have been referred by jobcentres to food banks he says: “DWP does not collate or hold numbers on the usage of food banks”.

This article appeared in the June edition of Roger's newsletter 'Postcard from Parliament'