“To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Church Commissioners have made of the potential impact of the £25,000 cap in the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme on levels of church repairs.”
Asked by
Jen Craft
Answering Minister
the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners
Answer from Hansard
Marsha De Cordova
The Church estimates that around 260 church buildings will be impacted by the changes to the listed places of worship grant scheme. Some 206 of those have multi-year projects already under way that will need to find further funding. I recently met representatives from churches that have been impacted with the Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley South (Stephanie Peacock), so that they could share their concerns with her. I hope, following the spending review settlement, that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport will clarify the support that churches will get and that will be available to them going forward.