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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-03-04more like thismore than 2016-03-04
answering body
Church Commissioners more like this
answering dept id 9 more like this
answering dept short name Church Commissioners more like this
answering dept sort name Church Commissioners remove filter
hansard heading Churches: Repairs and Maintenance remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the proposed changes to the Landfill Communities Fund on the restoration and repair of listed church properties and church buildings. more like this
tabling member constituency Scunthorpe more like this
tabling member printed
Nic Dakin more like this
uin 29810 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-03-10more like thismore than 2016-03-10
answer text <p>The Church of England has engaged with the recent consultation from the Treasury over the future of the Landfill Communities Fund. Local churches are able to apply to the fund to support restoration, extension and repair projects.</p><p>Local parishes have benefitted from this generosity since its creation in 1996. Over its lifetime the scheme has enabled churches across the country to benefit from an approximate £75 million worth of repairs. As part of its submission the Church of England asked the Treasury to consider reducing the administrative burdens on applicants to the fund.</p><p>The Church has since received assurances that the scheme will continue and we await with interest further detailed announcements from the Treasury regarding the operation of the fund.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Meriden more like this
answering member printed Mrs Caroline Spelman more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-03-10T16:45:34.447Zmore like thismore than 2016-03-10T16:45:34.447Z
answering member
312
label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman more like this
tabling member
4056
label Biography information for Nic Dakin remove filter