Scotland’s independent food banks reported at least doubling in need for emergency food parcels compared to last year’s April to July figures. At least 182,863 emergency food parcels were distributed by 70 independent food banks in Scotland between February and July 2020. This report looks at data from independent food banks in Scotland comparing February to July 2019 with February to July 2020. Read our full report here.

Figure Number of 3-day emergency food parcels distributed by independent food banks in Scotland (Feb - July in 2019 and 2020)