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1687807

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Independent Safeguarding Board
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the commissioners have had recent discussions with (a) the Archbishops' Council and (b) other stakeholders on the commissioning of case reviews that the Independent Safeguarding Board agreed to undertake; what the timescale is for case reviews commissioned by the interim commissioner of independent reviews; and what steps are being taken to ensure the adequacy of such reviews.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	13209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>The Archbishops' Council commissioned the Interim Commissioner of Independent Reviews to undertake discussions with survivors who had been promised reviews by the former Independent Safeguarding Board, about the terms of reference for reviewing their cases. At the request of survivors, the number in discussion with the Interim Commissioner will be kept confidential, given that the number of survivors promised a review by the ISB is relatively small and there is a possibility of identifying individuals.</p><p>At present no reviews have been commissioned, though some are in the final stages of consideration. The timetable will depend on the terms of reference and agreements with individual survivors, and the Interim Commissioner is taking care to ensure that each review is adequate to the particular circumstances of the case.</p><p>The recent review into the events leading to the termination of contracts of the members of the Independent Safeguarding Board – <a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/isb-review-report-30-november-2023.pdf" target="_blank">the Wilkinson Report</a> – identified lessons learned on how recommendations from all case reviews are taken forward, which will be discussed at the forthcoming February meeting of the General Synod of the Church of England.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 13208 13210 question first answered 08/02/2024 17:53:24 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1648868

registered interest
date	29/06/2023
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Independent Safeguarding Board: Public Appointments
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 process the Church is using to appoint new members of the Independent Safeguarding Board.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	191733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The Archbishops’ Council of the National Church Institutions is absolutely committed to developing fully independent scrutiny of safeguarding within the Church of England to ensure the Church of England is a safe place for everyone, to be transparent and accountable, and to hear the voices of victims and survivors. The actions of the Archbishops' Council and reasons for the decisions taken are set out here: <a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/media-and-news/press-releases/statement-archbishops-council-independent-safeguarding-board" target="_blank">Statement from Archbishops’ Council on the Independent Safeguarding Board | The Church of England</a></p><p>The work of independently reviewing cases will not stop, and the Archbishops’ Council has moved swiftly to put in place interim arrangements, which will be carried out as at present by external experts. The priority will now be to move to the next phase of setting up a fully independent Board, which will be fully separate from the Church. The Church of England will engage with victims and survivors and others to establish a process of working together to design a permanent independent oversight structure as soon as possible. It is not appointing further Board members at this stage.</p><p>The Archbishops' Council has been seeking to resolve the dispute in good faith. But because the two board members were reluctant to engage in those discussions, for example they had not met with the Acting Chair since March, with great regret the Archbishops’ Council felt this was the only way forward.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 191731 191732 191734 question first answered 03/07/2023 12:57:40 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1648869

registered interest
date	29/06/2023
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Independent Safeguarding Board
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the work started in phase one of the Independent Safeguarding Board will be completed following the disbanding of the Board.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	191734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The Archbishops’ Council of the National Church Institutions is absolutely committed to developing fully independent scrutiny of safeguarding within the Church of England to ensure the Church of England is a safe place for everyone, to be transparent and accountable, and to hear the voices of victims and survivors. The actions of the Archbishops' Council and reasons for the decisions taken are set out here: <a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/media-and-news/press-releases/statement-archbishops-council-independent-safeguarding-board" target="_blank">Statement from Archbishops’ Council on the Independent Safeguarding Board | The Church of England</a></p><p>The work of independently reviewing cases will not stop, and the Archbishops’ Council has moved swiftly to put in place interim arrangements, which will be carried out as at present by external experts. The priority will now be to move to the next phase of setting up a fully independent Board, which will be fully separate from the Church. The Church of England will engage with victims and survivors and others to establish a process of working together to design a permanent independent oversight structure as soon as possible. It is not appointing further Board members at this stage.</p><p>The Archbishops' Council has been seeking to resolve the dispute in good faith. But because the two board members were reluctant to engage in those discussions, for example they had not met with the Acting Chair since March, with great regret the Archbishops’ Council felt this was the only way forward.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 191731 191732 191733 question first answered 03/07/2023 12:57:40 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1568664

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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: LGBT+ People
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 progress has been made on the proposals that the bishops have put to General Synod on the outcomes of the Living in Love and Faith process for debate next month; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	127887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answers I gave in the House in response to an urgent question, on Tuesday 24<sup>th</sup> January 2023, Hansard column 878: <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-01-24/debates/46921D78-FB26-44A3-81F1-013530CC7C6D/EqualMarriageChurchOfEngland" target="_blank">https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-01-24/debates/46921D78-FB26-44A3-81F1-013530CC7C6D/EqualMarriageChurchOfEngland</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 31/01/2023 16:32:17 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1539975

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	Churches: Energy
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 commissioners have taken to help support parishes that are replacing (a) gas and (b) oil central heating equipment.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	80703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The Church of England’s Environment Programme has produced guidance for churches that are reviewing their heating, and webinars for advice, which can be seen at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofengland.org%2Fresources%2Fchurchcare%2Fadvice-and-guidance-church-buildings%2Fheating&amp;data=05%7C01%7Crichard.chapman%40churchofengland.org%7Cada9319b03964259788408daccb24c2e%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C638047365361442317%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Gj%2BEdtOS8pc7SIJeKTbuW7o%2FtxI4wP%2FzRLJxHpFfoTQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Heating | The Church of England</a> &amp; <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofengland.org%2Fabout%2Fenvironment-and-climate-change%2Fwebinars-getting-net-zero-carbon&amp;data=05%7C01%7Crichard.chapman%40churchofengland.org%7Cada9319b03964259788408daccb24c2e%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C638047365361442317%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ED8Rpe0OfGV9oucufF5z0r7C3sUK1MLZ1qyJDGdp9bM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Webinars on getting to net zero carbon | The Church of England</a></p><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, addressing issues of racial justice, and radically cutting the Church’s carbon footprint. By providing help for net zero programmes, and access to experts in renewable heating advice, parishes will be helped with their plans to replace gas and oil heating systems.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 01/12/2022 13:02:38 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1538185

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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: Bishops
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, how many provincial episcopal visitors there were in the Church of England in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	75759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Church of England has three provincial episcopal visitors, the Bishops of Richborough, Ebbsfleet and Beverley. These posts have been held by the following individuals in the last ten years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Richborough</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ebbsfleet</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Beverley</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Norman Banks</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Jonathan Baker</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Martyn Jarrett (retired 01.10.12)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Norman Banks</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Jonathan Baker (translated 13.2.13) /Jonathan Goodall (consecrated 25.9.13)</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Glyn Webster (consecrated 25.01.13)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Norman Banks</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Jonathan Goodall</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Glyn Webster</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Norman Banks</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Jonathan Goodall</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Glyn Webster</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Norman Banks</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Jonathan Goodall</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Glyn Webster</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Norman Banks</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Jonathan Goodall</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Glyn Webster</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Norman Banks</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Jonathan Goodall</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Glyn Webster</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Norman Banks</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Jonathan Goodall</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Glyn Webster</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Norman Banks</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Jonathan Goodall</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Glyn Webster</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Norman Banks</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Jonathan Goodall (resigned role 08.09.21)</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Glyn Webster</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Norman Banks</p></td><td><p>Vacancy until early 2023 (the role will transfer to the Bishop of Oswestry)</p></td><td><p>Rt Revd Glyn Webster (retired 06.01.22)<br> Fr Stephen Race appointed (consecration 30.11.22)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The former Bishop of Maidstone (now retired) is also recorded as having an informal role as a ‘Complementarian’ Bishop in 62 of the parishes under the oversight of a Diocesan or Suffragan bishop where he was “invited to be involved as issues arose”. It is expected that the See of Ebbsfleet will take up these duties when a new bishop is appointed.</p><p /> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 21/11/2022 17:21:26 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1484248

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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: Wigan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, with reference to the Diocese of Liverpool's Transforming Wigan bid document, and the expectation expressed in paragraph 76 of that document that there would be a real-terms increase in annual giving of £500,000, what figure has been reported against that target to the Archbishops’ Council Strategic Development Unit in performance reporting on Strategic Development Fund projects.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	26683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2022 answer text <p>Based on learning from the project, the focus of this objective was changed to focus on the long term sustainability of the deanery – to clear the parish share backlog of the deanery with the diocese, to establish an annual balanced budget that is fully funded by the deanery, and to develop a deanery giving scheme focused on the mission, engaging more people in the parish, and increasing overall giving year-on-year. This was on track at the end of 2019, at which point Wigan had cleared its historic backlog. Since then, Covid has had a significant impact, and the deanery is seeking to rebuild its financial position. A final evaluation of the project has been commissioned and should be provided internally to the Strategic Investment Board by the end of the year. More information about the Transforming Wigan project is available from the Diocese of Liverpool here: <a href="https://liverpool.anglican.org/about-us/liverpool-dbf/sdf-projects/transforming-wigan/" target="_blank">https://liverpool.anglican.org/about-us/liverpool-dbf/sdf-projects/transforming-wigan/</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 08/07/2022 10:44:34 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1484250

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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: Wigan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, with reference to the Diocese of Liverpool's Transforming Wigan bid document, and the list of expectations expressed in paragraph 76 of that document, according to performance reporting on Strategic Development Fund projects, (a) which of those expectations were achieved in full by the end of 2021 and (b) which have not been achieved in full.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	26684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2022 answer text <p>Over time there have been adjustments to the programme to reflect learning and the experience on the ground. The latest internal project review with the national church dates from April 2020, and at this point a majority of these objectives were seen as on track. An end-of-project independent evaluation has been commissioned and will be presented to the Strategic Investment Board later this year. More information about the project is available from the Diocese of Liverpool here: <a href="https://liverpool.anglican.org/about-us/liverpool-dbf/sdf-projects/transforming-wigan/" target="_blank">https://liverpool.anglican.org/about-us/liverpool-dbf/sdf-projects/transforming-wigan/</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 08/07/2022 10:46:11 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1455029

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
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: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2022 to Question 141116 on Church of England: Finance, where funding has been awarded by the Church Commissioners to facilitate bringing about large parish structures, what (a) advantages and (b) disadvantages were identified during scrutiny by funding awarding panels.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	148039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>Funding is not given to dioceses solely for the purpose of facilitating large parish structures, but this may be a part of a wider plan that is funded by Strategic Transformation Funding, and scrutinised by the Strategic Investment Board, a subcommittee of the Archbishops’ Council.</p><p>The aims of the funding are to support major change programmes that fit with a diocese’s strategic plans and make a significant difference to their mission and financial strength. Alongside this they must help develop flourishing mission and ministry over a 5-10 year period, demonstrate a sustainable financial and people plan, and design a clear pathway to a thriving and sustainable future, with a clear plan for growth.</p><p>The assessment criteria are based around ‘Strategic Impact’ (e.g. is there a hope-filled vision embracing all contexts and traditions, a robust analysis, analysis between options, evidence or convincing logic in the approach, defining roles of clergy and lay ministers, alignment with evidence) and ‘Programme Delivery Confidence’ (e.g. is there a detailed financial plan, capability and capacity for change, a detailed measurement framework, and support for the wider cultural and emotional aspects). It would not be appropriate to reveal the internal conversations of the Strategic Investment Board, but all projects would be required to meet these criteria to access funding.</p><p>It is for individual dioceses to make decisions about the appropriate numbers of incumbent stipendiary ministers for that diocese, and also to make financial planning assumptions appropriate to their context.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 148040 148041 148042 question first answered 30/03/2022 16:38:18 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1404288

registered interest
date	19/01/2022
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: Staff
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 the total number of people employed in full and part time diocesan roles across the UK was, excluding parish priests and lay readers, in (a) 1959, (b) 1979, (c) 1989, (d) 1999, (e) 2010 and (f) 2020, including Bishops, Suffragen Bishops, Archdeacons, governance managers, human resource management, operations directors, inclusivity and diversity managers, directors of giving, mission enablers, directors of social justice, environment managers, training leaders, youth leaders, conference centre managers and wardens, and all associated support staff.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	107739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>No information is held centrally about the number of staff employed by each diocese, so the requested information is not readily available and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.</p><p>For most of the information requested, figures have not been collected consistently, if collected at all. However, the following information about clergy numbers was provided in response to a similar question asked at the General Synod November 2021 group of sessions:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1959</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1979</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Archdeacons</p></td><td><p><sup> </sup></p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffragan bishops</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diocesan bishops</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li><em>For 1959 to 2000, this includes Suffragan and Assistant Bishops. For 2010 onwards, this includes Suffragan bishops only</em><em> </em></li></ol><ol start="2"><li><em> For 1959, this includes Archbishops and Diocesan Bishops. For 1979, this includes Diocesan Bishops only</em></li></ol><p> </p><p>All figures are taken from publications available on the Church of England web page: <a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/about/research-and-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.churchofengland.org/about/research-and-statistics</a> . These publications also contain methodological information and further detail.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 21/01/2022 20:10:22 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt