NEARLY five times as many people used food banks and soup kitchens in the six months to September than during the whole of 2011/12, according to a Scottish Government report.
Trussell Trust emergency facilities fed 23,073 people between April and September compared with 5726 in 2011/12, reported the overview of food aid provision by the Government's social research unit.
More than a third (6608) of their users this year have been children, while Glasgow facilities also saw a considerable number of destitute migrants, mainly failed asylum seekers.
Nearly a fifth (19%) used food banks because their benefits changed in April following the UK Government welfare reforms, up from a tenth in 2011/12, and 52% used food banks due to benefit problems in the 2013 period.
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