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 Cordova
The 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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