Question follow-through · 122269
Docklands Light Railway: Thamesmead
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.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 19 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 25 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Mar 2026
Question tabled
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.
25 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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25 Mar 2026
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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