PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Avanti West Coast: Catering (4 March 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2024 to Question 14383 on Avanti West Coast: Catering, whether his permission was required in order for Avanti West Coast to progress its proposed end to cash payments for its onboard catering services.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

Catering services are a commercial matter for each train operating company. Train operators are responsible for considering the equality impacts of operational changes such as to catering payment methods, and are expected by the Department to take local needs into account.

Answered by:
Huw Merriman (Conservative)
7 March 2024