Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 122269

Docklands Light Railway: Thamesmead

Tabled: 19 March 2026

Answered: 25 March 2026

Named Day

Question

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential economic growth and wider benefits of extending the Docklands Light Railway to Thamesmead via Beckton Riverside.

Answer

Miatta Fahnbulleh

At Autumn Budget 2025, government committed to financially supporting the extension of the Docklands Light Railway to Thamesmead via Beckton Riverside. The extension will enable the building of up to 25,000 new homes and creation of 10,000 new jobs in Tha...

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