Oral Question·Church Commissioners
“To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent assessment the Church of England has made of the potential impact of payments that churches are required to make to it on the financial viability of those churches.”
Tabled: 27 August 2026Answered: 3 September 2026
Asked by
Josh Newbury
Labour — Cannock Chase
Answering Minister
the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners
Answer from Hansard
The Second Church Estates Commissioner (Marsha De Cordova)
No parish is required to make payments to the national Church institutions. The parish share, or common fund, is a financial contribution that a parish makes to the diocese to help fund clergy stipends, pensions and housing, including mutual support for ministries in less affluent areas.