I think the following are facts.
The biggest study yet undertaken into food bank use in the UK has been published, painting a bleak picture of modern life for those who need the service. The research, carried out at Oxford University, found many food bank users experiencing profound poverty and destitution, and struggling to buy food and pay bills.
Two-thirds of those who used food banks were aged 24-39, with only a tiny proportion of users classified as pensioners, suggesting that pensioners – whose incomes have been protected in recent years – are at lower risk of food insecurity.