Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an comparative assessment of the quality of catering between rail franchises.

The Department has not carried out a comparative assessment of catering between train operating companies. Catering services are a commercial matter for each train operating company, and they are responsible for their catering offer. The Department expects operators to tailor their catering provision to local needs while driving value for the taxpayer.