Written Question·Church Commissioners·UIN 12112
Church of England: Legal Costs
Tabled: 31 October 2024
Answered: 14 November 2024
Question
Lee Anderson
Reform UK — Ashfield
To ask the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, if the Commissioners will publish the legal costs of defending bishops against claims that they failed to act appropriately in safeguarding matters in each of the last five years.
Answer
Marsha De CordovaThe Church Commissioners have a discretion under the Episcopal Endowments and Stipends Measure 1943, assessed on a case by case basis, to pay the costs of a bishop’s office, including costs in connection with legal claims. Such claims include those which ...
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