Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the creation of a riverside settlement in Thamesmead, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, as one of at least three new towns that the Government hopes to begin during this Parliament.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 122270 on 25 March 2026.
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
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.
Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
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 Thamesmead and Beckton, and is critical to the development of the proposed New Town in Thamesmead.
As a part of the decision to support the extension, Greater London Authority and Transport for London submitted a Full Business Case to government setting out the benefits the extension will achieve. The Business Case was assessed by His Majesty’s Treasury who concluded that it represents good value for money.
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential opportunities for housing and economic growth of Thamesmead Waterfront.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
On Monday 23 March, the government launched a public consultation on its proposed New Towns Programme and its environmental implications. That consultation can be found on gov.uk here.
Through the Programme, we are proposing to take forward seven locations, including a site at Thamesmead.
The consultation builds on the findings of the New Towns Taskforce’s final report. It invites views on how the new towns programme will operate, how new towns will be delivered and planned, and the proposed approach to design, placemaking and planning policy.
Final locations will be confirmed later this year after the consultation, the Strategic Environmental Assessment and any further required environmental assessment have concluded.
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making membership of the Property Ombudsman scheme mandatory for registered estate agents.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
I refer the Hon Member to the answers given in response to Question UIN 174410 on 4 April 2023 and Question UIN 190807 on 29 June 2023.
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the accountability of estate agents to (a) landlords and (b) tenants.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
I refer the Hon Member to the answers given in response to Question UIN 174410 on 4 April 2023 and Question UIN 190807 on 29 June 2023.
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will make an estimate on the proportion of evictions issued due to rent increases in (a) 2018, (b) 2020 and (c) 2022.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
The data requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has a target for building new social housing.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
As set out previously, the Government recognises the value of investing in Social Rent homes which is why we made a commitment in our Levelling-up white paper to deliver more of them.
Our Affordable Homes Programme is responding to that commitment and will deliver tens of thousands of Social Rent homes, as will our Local Authority Housing Fund.
Since 2010 we have delivered over 162,800 homes for social rent.
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many households were on their local authority waiting list for social housing in (a) the last six months, (b) 2022, (c) 2020 and (d) 2018.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
This information is already publicly available as of 31 March here.
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on the local housing market of extending the DLR from Gallions Reach to Thamesmead; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
Responsibility for the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) sits with the Mayor of London and Transport for London.
Government recognises the potential of the proposed extension of the DLR, and welcomes the partnership approach that is being taken. Government will continue to engage with partners, as they develop the evidence base.
Government understands that partners will assess the housing impacts of transport options as part of the initial business case that is currently being developed.
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who became homeless following a section 21 notice in (a) the last six months, (b) 2022, (c) 2020 and (d) 2018.
Answered by Felicity Buchan
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer to Question UIN 183090 on 9 May 2023.