Oral Question·Church Commissioners
“To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what estimate the Church Commissioners have made of levels of funding required to restore parish churches and cathedrals.”
Tabled: 10 October 2024Answered: 17 October 2024
Asked by
Douglas McAllister
Labour — West Dunbartonshire
Answering Minister
the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners
Answer from Hansard
Marsha De Cordova
Churches and cathedrals are the treasure houses of our local culture and history. The Church of England manages the largest single group of listed buildings in England—over 12,200 grade I and grade II listed buildings. The value of the work needed to maintain these buildings is estimated at £115 million annually, and the backlog for church building repairs is approximately £1 billion.