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.

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.