Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2024 to Question 14383 on Avanti West Coast: Catering, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Avanti West Coast's planned end to cash payments for onboard catering to revenue.

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.