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647632

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2016
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Church of England: Peterborough
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2016 to Question 53954, what issues remain which preclude the swift expediting of contracts being exchanged in respect of the disposal of land at Phase 2 Paston Reserve, Peterborough; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Peterborough
	tabling member printed	Mr Stewart Jackson
	uin	55309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>There are a few remaining commercially sensitive negotiations which are currently taking place between the Church Commissioners for England, Taylor Wimpey plc and the Homes and Communities Agency who jointly own the site at Paston Reserve. The Church Commissioners hope to be in a position to update the Hon member for Peterborough with progress on the development at the meeting they have with his office on the 18<sup>th</sup> January 2017.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 02/12/2016 14:33:49 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

683300

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2017
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Church Commissioners: Senior Civil Servants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what the (a) ethnicity, (b) gender, (c) disability status, (d) educational background and (e) socio-economic status is of the three most senior officials of the Church Commissioners.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	62877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>The three most senior office holders of the Church Commissioners are the First Church Estates Commissioner (Crown Appointment), the Second Church Estates Commissioner (Crown Appointment recommended by Government) and the Third Church Estates Commissioner (Appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury). This information is published on the website of the Church Commissioners (<a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/about-us/structure/churchcommissioners/commissioners.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.churchofengland.org/about-us/structure/churchcommissioners/commissioners.aspx</a>) and in the annual report. A copy of the annual report is placed in the House of Commons Library as a matter of public record. The holders of the positions are officeholders, not employees. The National Church Institutions do not hold other demographic data.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 06/02/2017 17:19:50 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

682244

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2017
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Church Commissioners: Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, which persons not employed by the Church Commissioners hold security passes entitling them to enter the Church Commissioners premises.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	62530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>The security arrangements at Church House in Westminster ensure that employees of the National Church Institutions (NCIs) have full access to those premises whilst others who may need temporary or limited access are able to enter only those parts of the building that they need to access for their work. The system has recently been upgraded to ensure that the NCIs provides a safe environment for staff and visitors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 06/02/2017 16:51:08 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman previous answer version 34109 answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

644287

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2016
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Bishop of London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, if the Church Commissioners will make it their policy that the next nominee for the Bishop of London will ordain both women and men as priests.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	54965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The nomination to the See of London is a matter for the Crown Nominations Commission rather than the Church Commissioners. Nominations to episcopal sees are made within the context of the House of Bishops’ Declaration on Ministry of Bishops and Priests, which expressly recognises that those who, on grounds of theological conviction, are unable to receive the ministry of women bishops and priests continue to be within the spectrum and teaching and tradition of the Anglican Communion, and affirms the importance of there continuing to be bishops within the Church of England to enable ministry to be provided to such persons. However, as part of the usual consultation process for nominations to diocesan sees, anyone wishing to comment on the needs of the vacant diocese or the wider church is invited to write to the Prime Minister’s Appointments Secretary and the Archbishops’ Secretary for Appointments. Any such submissions will inform the Commission’s work.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 29/11/2016 16:46:12 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

679671

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2017
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Church Commissioners: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what the (a) level of earnings is of the (i) highest and (ii) lowest-paid employee and (b) median earnings are of employees of the Church Commissioners.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	62061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>The National Church Institutions (NCIs) of the Church of England are made up of five charities which employ staff through a common employment scheme. Information about the pay of members of the NCIs is published in the NCIs annual reports . The Church Commissioners annual report is laid before Parliament and is available in the House of Commons Library.</p><p>The NCIs have two different employment strands: the Church Commissioners Institutional Investment Specialists and the NCI Common Employment Scheme. The 33 staff of the Church Commissioners Insitutional Investment Specialists are paid benchmarked salaries against other institutional investment specialists.</p><p>i) Highest total earnings are £465,584, and include an element of long term incentive payments which pays based on consistent out-performance of the Commissioners’ target investment return over a sustained period of five years.</p><p>ii) Lowest total earnings are £29,359</p><p>iii) Median is £75,050</p><p> </p><p>The NCI Common Employment Scheme covers all other staff directly employed by the NCIs. Outside of the Church Commissioners Investments team, 449 people, have pay managed on a consistent policy, based on job bands. We assess pay levels against other public and third sector employers.</p><p>i) Highest total earnings are £170,239</p><p>ii) Lowest earnings are £17,632</p><p>iii) Median earnings are £38,386.</p><p>Those staff on apprenticeships, internships or training schemes are outside of this pay structure and paid at least national minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 03/02/2017 15:49:40 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

600566

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Cathedrals: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church of England has made an assessment of the effect of the First World War Centenary Cathedral Repairs Fund on the fabric of English cathedrals.
	tabling member constituency	Lincoln
	tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
	uin	906561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>The First World War Centenary cathedral Repairs Fund has currently allocated £3.45million of the £40million total, this has as so far enabled 116 vital repair and restoration projects across 57 Anglican and Catholic cathedrals to be undertaken.</p><p>Lincoln Cathedral has received £1.18 million for repairs to turrets and roofs, typical of the costs faced for high-level cathedral repairs involving extraordinarily complicated scaffolding. These repairs have gone a long way to complete the major repairs but with any building of this size and age constant maintenance is needed.</p><p>The final grants are currently being processed, as the grants scheme comes to a close there will be a programme of formal evaluation to assess the wider social and economic benefits the projects have contributed, such as increased employment, training, volunteer opportunities and tourism. A copy of this evaluation will be made available to all Members early in 2018 so as to ensure it covers all works the Fund has invested in.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 13/10/2016 11:20:44 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

642169

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2016
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Church of England: Antisemitism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to tackle anti-semitism.
	tabling member constituency	Lincoln
	tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
	uin	907445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The Church of England takes anti-Semitism very seriously and is supporting the work of the Chief Rabbi and the Holocaust Memorial Trust to counteract the increase in reported anti-Semitic incidents over the last year. Last week, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Chief Rabbi launched ‘In Good Faith’, a twinning arrangement between rabbis and priests in local neighbourhoods around the country. It is in its early stages, but it will involve a commitment to work together to counteract anti-Semitism.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 24/11/2016 15:01:23 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

675436

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2017
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Church of England: Vulnerable Adults
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to support the police in dealing with vulnerable people.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	60948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The Church of England is actively engaging with the police at many levels, especially in providing support for vulnerable people. As senior figures in local civil society bishops often meet with their local Chief Constables, bilaterally and with other community leaders. The Street Pastors movement puts trained volunteers from local churches on the streets where people need practical and other forms of help, often working in partnership with those of other faiths. Following November’s tragic tram crash in Croydon, Street Pastors were deployed for four days, working alongside the British Transport Police, the Metropolitan Police and the Rail Investigation Service, providing pastoral support and escorting people to the main site to lay flowers in the cordoned-off area.</p><p> </p><p>Church of England police chaplains work with the majority of police forces, mostly parish clergy giving their time and energy as volunteers, though a small number are employed full or part-time. Their major contribution is in supporting police officers and staff in the demands of their day-to-day work, but they also engage with local communities and support community cohesion. Chaplains and other volunteers in many places also provide support to those held in police custody, especially vulnerable people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 24/01/2017 17:14:35 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

675438

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2017
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Churches: Theft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, if the Church of England will take steps to ensure efforts to tackle theft of lead from church buildings do not lead to reduced accessibility to those buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	60950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The Church of England encourages its churches to take all practical steps to prevent the theft of lead and other items from its churches. In the case of theft of lead the majority of churches undertake deterrent schemes involving the use of smart water, roof alarms and other measures. Grant schemes are in place through the National Churches Trust to help parishes cover the costs of these devices. There are very few cases where the theft of lead has given rise to the need to close a church or reduce access to the building. Research by our insurers has also shown that churches that are open on a daily basis do not suffer any greater risk of theft. In fact simply by being open and encouraging people to use the building or churchyard most parishes in England have found theft is deterred.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 24/01/2017 17:17:03 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

598180

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Cathedrals: Peterborough
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps are being taken by the Church Commissioners to address the financial difficulties at Peterborough Cathedral; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Peterborough
	tabling member printed	Mr Stewart Jackson
	uin	47672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>The Church Commissioners have made an emergency loan to help address the cashflow challenges at Peterbourough Cathedral. In addition to this financial assistance, they have also actively supported and continue to support the Cathedral and Chapter by giving practical assistance, for example helping the Chapter evaluate options for staff restructuring and its property sale programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Bishop of Peterborough has launched a visitation which will include a review of financial management and overall governance of the cathedral. The Commissioners are assisting in this process and I am happy to say that governance is improving and Chapter is beginning to address its budget deficit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 13/10/2016 11:17:42 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough