Society and living standards
Food insecurity
Improving
9%of households had low or very low food security, 2024/25
−1.0 pts on the year before
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Food insecurity
ImprovingWhat it means: households that, over the previous 30 days, had to cut the quality or amount of food they ate, or skip meals, because they could not afford enough. Measured with standard survey questions since 2019/20. A change of one point or more counts.
Source: DWP, Family Resources Survey 2024 to 2025, table 9.1, UK.