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date	07/11/2022
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Ukraine: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent steps the Church of England has taken to help support Ukrainian refugees.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	80709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2022 answer text <p>The toolkit published on the Church of England website contains information for parishes and individuals seeking to respond and is updated regularly with the latest advice and guidance: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofengland.org%2Fresources%2Fcommunity-action%2Fwar-ukraine-responding&amp;data=05%7C01%7Crichard.chapman%40churchofengland.org%7C520bd9ea3ebd46a7c6c908dac312b34f%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C638036782326177855%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=8whcp%2BICUCPN1EOPqb4xHEgyC89HE4EpajZkODTiYW4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.churchofengland.org/resources/community-action/war-ukraine-responding</a></p><p>Numbers being hosted continue to rise. We are aware of particularly good models in the London and Canterbury dioceses, and other dioceses have partnered with Citizens UK, working collaboratively to deliver partnerships for hosting. Many churches are also working on welcome and education programmes, and community hubs.</p><p>The Church is also addressing concerns around the risk of exploitation and modern slavery facing Ukrainian refugees, through the work of the Clewer Initiative with national and diocesan safeguarding bodies.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 10/11/2022 12:49:31 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1539982

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date	07/11/2022
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Churches: Biodiversity and Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps parish churches are taking to help (a) progress towards net zero and (b) increase biodiversity.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	80710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>Parish churches are signing up to the Eco Church scheme, which asks them to consider how they manage their building and their carbon footprint, and how they manage their churchyard or other land around the church for the benefit of people and nature. It also asks them to integrate environmental issues into their worship and teaching, to join in with wider environmental issues in their community and beyond, and to challenge congregation members to take steps to reduce carbon and take care of the planet in their own lives. <br> <br>As of October, over 4,000 CofE churches have signed up to the Eco Church scheme, 1,350 have reached bronze, just over 400 silver and 25 gold. Case studies can be seen here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofengland.org%2Fabout%2Fenvironment-and-climate-change%2Ftowards-net-zero-carbon-case-studies&amp;data=05%7C01%7Crichard.chapman%40churchofengland.org%7Cada9319b03964259788408daccb24c2e%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C638047365361442317%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=iGaaBywPHp%2FsTl84P6l3Z4C98%2FCxWZ8tqc0OI3RsKV8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Net Zero Carbon and Environmental case studies | The Church of England</a>. Projects include replacing heating systems with heat pumps or direct electric heating, a community garden in urban Liverpool, and a wild flower garden in the space next to the graveyard in a Sheffield city church. Churches are also being encouraged to review how and when they put the heating on, good maintenance and wherever possible fixing draughts, to reduce overall energy use.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 01/12/2022 12:29:02 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1539983

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Clergy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to strengthen its parish ministry.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	80711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2022 answer text <p>The Church Commissioners intend to distribute £1.2 billion between 2023 and 2025, up 30% from £930 million in the current three-year period, to support the Church’s mission and ministry, including through parishes across England. The core of the extra funding will be channelled into the revitalisation of parish and local ministry and go some way to continue enabling local parishes to serve their communities and the whole nation. The distributions will help fund dioceses’ plans by reaching more young and disadvantaged people, radically cutting the Church’s carbon footprint, and addressing issues of racial justice.</p><p>During the cost of living crisis, the Church Commissioners have worked with the Archbishops’ Council to provide £15 million for dioceses, both rural and urban, to help churches struggling to pay energy costs. The fund will help churches to remain as centres of worship and pastoral care and will also make a key difference in helping churches to continue opening their buildings for vital practical support for their communities over the winter through social action such as food banks and warm hubs.</p><p>Funding from the Church Commissioners has helped to enable the continued rise in the numbers of ordinands in training, who will be the parish clergy of the future, and the most recent data from the 2020 Ministry Statistics are available here: Ministry Statistics 2020 report . An updated document is in the process of being compiled.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 10/11/2022 22:59:38 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon