A question on #Railways #Catering tabled by Max Wilkinson on 25-06-2025 has been answered by Simon Lightwood.

Heading: Railways: Catering
Question ID: 1816456
UIN: 62718
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-25
Asking Member ID: 5055
Asking Member display name: Max Wilkinson
Asking Member handle: mpmwilko
Asking Member Twitter reference: @mpmwilko
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department will have direct responsibility for the quality of (a) hot drinks and (b) other catering on nationalised rail services.
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Date answered: 2025-07-03
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4943
Answering Member display name: Simon Lightwood
Answering Member handle: simonlightwood
Answering Member Twitter reference: @simonlightwood
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Answer text: Catering services are a matter for each train operating company, whether publicly or privately owned, and they are responsible for their catering offer. The Department expects operators to tailor their catering provision to local needs while driving value...
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Answering body ID: 27
Answering body name: Department for Transport
Tweeted: true