however, the organisation for economic co-operation and development found that the number of people answering yes to the question "have there been times in the past 12 months when you did not have enough money to buy food that you or your family needed?" decreased from 9.8% in 2007 to 8.1% in 2012, leading some to say that the rise was due to both more awareness of food banks, and the government allowing jobcentres to refer people to food banks when they were hungry, in contrast to previous governments.