Ms. Marin-Molina said she was not aware of an increase in referrals to food pantries.
"And as radiologists become aware of the diagnostic quality of these images, we expect to see a huge increase in referrals to these magnets".
The ensuing panic saw professionals spending more time with computer forms than families and an 11% rise in referrals to child protection agencies.
He attributed the rise in referrals to increased awareness of the scheme rather than a sign of decreasing faith in the judiciary.
Those reports helped drive a surge in referrals to the Web site from Google's search algorithm, which highly ranks new content on popular subjects, Mr. Calderon says.
Dr Leighton Seal, consultant endocrinologist at the Charing Cross clinic, said 130,000 trans people seeking medical treatment "sounds about right", adding that the increase in referrals to gender identity services had come about as more people accepted transgenderism.
Ministers have persistently rejected claims that the rise in referrals to food banks has been driven by sanctions and delays in benefit payments, but Hatton said the link was incontrovertible.
This is backed up by research just published by Professor Hugh McLaughlin at Manchester Metropolitan University's school for social care research, which notes a 24% rise in referrals to Maracs in the three years to 2013 in his sample area.
Referrals to general practitioners did not increase but there was an increase in referrals to mental health services.
The number of UK service personnel who have a diagnosis of PTSD is unclear, but there has been a recent increase in referrals to services for PTSD symptomology.
"Another is that inflation is increasing - we are seeing massive rises in the price of salt and bitumen for roads etc. "And number three, which is quite significant for us, is the pressure on services, particularly children's social care, where we are seeing a massive rise in referrals to us".
