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1713598

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Avanti West Coast: Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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 Department holds information on the amount of cash taken by Avanti for its on-board catering services in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	23601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the amount of cash taken on-board Avanti services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 29/04/2024 12:41:23 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1696962

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Avanti West Coast: Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the on-board catering capacity of the Class 390 Pendolino trains operated by Avanti West Coast following the refurbishment of that train fleet.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	19316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>The on-board catering capacity on the refurbished Class 390 Pendolino fleet is a matter for the operator. However, officials regularly hold Avanti West Coast (AWC) to account on the on-board customer experience they provide to passengers including catering services.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 22/03/2024 08:37:23 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1693625

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Avanti West Coast: Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	16986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>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.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 16987 question first answered 07/03/2024 11:12:23 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1693626

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Avanti West Coast: Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	16987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>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.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 16986 question first answered 07/03/2024 11:12:23 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1689484

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Avanti West Coast: Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of Avanti West Coast’s decision to end cash payments for onboard catering on (a) people without payment cards, (b) employment levels of train catering staff, (c) elderly people and (d) people from lower income groups.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	14383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>It would be for Avanti West Coast, prior to introducing such a change, to adequately assess the impact on its passengers and staff.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 22/02/2024 09:41:28 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1674510

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Avanti West Coast: Catering
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 27 September (HL10350), what text is included in Avanti's National Rail Contract on the provision of catering in first class.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The provision of First-Class Catering is included in the Continuing Ancillary Services Document which sets out services that are required to be carried over from the previous Franchise Agreement. Clause 4.5 of the National Rail Contract states that the operator shall continue to provide any Continuing Ancillary Service and not vary the terms or stop providing without the Secretary of State’s prior approval.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 06/12/2023 15:46:14 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1662221

registered interest
date	20/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Avanti West Coast: Catering
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what contractual commitments Avanti gave them for the supply of food in its first-class rail service.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL10350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2023 answer text <p>Following a temporary waiver during 2020/2021 due to COVID, Avanti West Coast resumed its contractual obligation from June 2021 to provide a complimentary catering service for First Class passengers which is available 7 days a week. This provision of First Class catering will continue in the National Rail Contract set to commence on 15 October 2023.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 27/09/2023 14:19:58 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra