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1196972

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2020
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Churches: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what the Commissioners' timetable is for enabling churches to reopen safely for funeral services after the covid-19 lockdown.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	902797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>The Church Commissioners do not have responsibility for setting a timetable for the reopening of church buildings for funeral services. Current guidance from the House of Bishops is not to conduct funeral services in church buildings because of widely expressed concerns about parishes having capacity to conduct such funerals safely, including being able to clean churches thoroughly between services to reduce the risk of transmission of the virus. This is guidance, not instruction.</p><p> </p><p>We are acutely aware of the anguish of those not able to have or attend a funeral in their parish church in the current circumstances. Where it is requested a priest will be present to conduct a funeral service, either at a crematorium or at the churchyard. The House of Bishops meets regularly to review its guidance which will be updated in line with changing circumstances, and published on the Church of England website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 19/05/2020 17:05:20 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1232989

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2020
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Cathedrals: Coronavirus
	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 support is being made available to cathedrals to tackle the financial challenges they are facing as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	87595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>The Church of England's 42 cathedrals contribute over £220million to the national economy and have, on average 10 million visitors in a typical year. The closure of churches and cathedrals due to Covid-19 has severely reduced both their ability to support the local and national economy. Estimates suggest that cathedrals are facing anticipated losses due to the pandemic of around £28million in 2020 and a projected further £15million in 2021.</p><p>Cathedrals are eligible and are being encouraged to apply for funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Historic England, and the Government's £1.57bn Cultural Recovery Fund.</p><p>The Church Commissioners have made money available to cathedrals in response to the pandemic, including through the £10 million cathedral sustainability fund, of which £1million is to support cathedrals wage bills, £1million to support Lay Clerks and cathedral music, £1million to support specialist heritage trades and a further £5 million on other projects to make cathedrals more sustainable. The Church Commissioners are currently consulting all cathedrals about their current circumstances and potential future financial and non-financial support needs.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 14/09/2020 16:10:37 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 46511 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1278831

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2021
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Clergy: Discipline
	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 review of the Clergy Discipline Measure.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	140865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2021 answer text <p>The review group at Lambeth Palace is working to bring forward proposals to the General Synod for the replacement of the Clergy Discipline Measure. Sadly, because of the pandemic, the public consultations that were planned to take place at the end of 2020 have only just happened. A wide range of individuals and groups have responded to the interim proposals that the Working Group has put forward. The review group are now collating those responses and intend to formulate their proposals into a new piece of legislation. This new Measure will include an early triaging process, an alternative route for mediation, and ensure that adequate resources are made available to make the administration of discipline more efficient and transparent for all involved.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 25/01/2021 11:35:59 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1345285

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2021
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Churches: Singing
	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 provisions will be put in place for people who remain concerned about covid-19 infection as singing is reintroduced in churches.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	29844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2021 answer text <p>The National Church Institutions as part of the DCMS and MHCLG Places of worship Task Force has produced fresh guidance for Parishes to help navigate the current situation. It reflects Government guidance as we move to step 4 of their roadmap as well as that from public health bodies and will continue to be updated as that evolves.</p><p>The guidance provided by the National Church Institutions it is hoped will inform local clergy and PCC’s in their decision-making. The circumstances in each parish may differ due to space, age and heath demographic, ability to ventilate the building or a variety of other concerns.</p><p>The full guidance can is available here: <a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/resources/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.churchofengland.org/resources/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 20/07/2021 12:27:15 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 13458 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1338454

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2021
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Collective Worship: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent discussions the Commissioners have had with the Government on the potential merits of reconsidering guidance on sung worship in churches from 21 June 2021 as covid-19 restrictions are eased.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	19560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>The Bishop of London chairs the Church of England’s Covid Recovery Group and issued a statement on 15<sup>th</sup> June in which she said: “While we look forward to restrictions on worship being lifted in the near future, I will continue to press for ongoing appraisal of choral and congregational singing.” Also on 15<sup>th</sup> June the Bishop of Leeds raised concerns in a question in the House of Lords about inconsistencies on how restrictions are being applied.</p><p>Across our parishes live music is valued as integral to worship and for other well-being benefits that choral singing brings.</p><p>The Church continues to engage the Government through the Places of Worship Taskforce, and the Bishop of London has requested that the Taskforce reviews the future rules around singing before publication.</p><p>Meanwhile, singing under the current guidance remains possible within a very limited framework, both for indoor and outdoor singing.</p><p>The Church of England's own guidance on singing is available here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofengland.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2F2021-06%2FCOVID%252019%2520advice%2520on%2520conducting%2520public%2520worship%2520v3.5_0.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csimon.stanley%40churchofengland.org%7Cbe3f2aac2bf24f29c74f08d93659bb42%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C637600582012610917%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=OZEJUBEVtWfgkaBxyeQEEROZvsLoFIJrkS%2FonGjUu54%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/COVID%2019%20advice%20on%20conducting%20public%20worship%20v3.5_0.pdf</a></p><p>The Government guidance is available here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcovid-19-suggested-principles-of-safer-singing%2Fcovid-19-suggested-principles-of-safer-singing&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csimon.stanley%40churchofengland.org%7Cbe3f2aac2bf24f29c74f08d93659bb42%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C637600582012610917%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=SWg9YQ2tDKDOXigZKpYGaGYu9gz%2BQSGEYaLQA6pThes%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-suggested-principles-of-safer-singing/covid-19-suggested-principles-of-safer-singing</a><br> <br> The Royal School of Church Music guidance is here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rscm.org.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F05%2FFAQs-re-Singing-19th-May-2021-1.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csimon.stanley%40churchofengland.org%7Cbe3f2aac2bf24f29c74f08d93659bb42%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C637600582012620874%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=032tAofj54V5aC6lcZ9IJYY4Jzw4DoC2WVAYi6olv2k%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">http://www.rscm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/FAQs-re-Singing-19th-May-2021-1.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 24/06/2021 08:02:36 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1270822

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2020
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Religious Buildings: Planning Permission
	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 he is taking to support building development for historic places of worship.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	128940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2021 answer text <p>Advice and support for parishes and cathedrals is available via the Church of England’s platform ‘Church Care’, this website acts as a portal for advice on management, maintenance, development and grants available to parishes and cathedrals.</p><p> </p><p>During the pandemic period, £30m of grants that have been awarded to Church of England churches and cathedrals from a combination of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) and the National Lottery Heritage Fund’s Emergency Fund. The Church of England is grateful for this support and recognition by the Government of the key role these buildings play in their local communities.</p><p> </p><p>The grants awarded by the Culture Recovery Fund were allocated to 227 churches and cathedrals with 43% of this money is going to the 30% most deprived parishes – over £12.9m; 20% of the money going to the 10% most deprived parishes, totalling over £5.9m.</p><p> </p><p>The Lichfield Diocese received of six grants totalling £342,825 from the Culture Recovery Fund and the National Lottery Heritage Emergency Fund, this included five awards to parish churches totalling £199,925 and a grant to Lichfield Cathedral of £142,900</p><p> </p><p>A second Culture Recovery Fund has now launched, and churches with listed buildings are being encouraged to apply for support.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 08/01/2021 16:09:12 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1270823

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2020
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Religious Buildings: Disadvantaged
	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 assessment he has made of the adequacy of support available to places of worship in areas of high deprivation; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	128941
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2021 answer text <p>While the primary responsibility for decisions on resourcing mission and ministry rests with the dioceses, the Church Commissioners have provided an extra resource to dioceses (distributed by The Archbishops’ Council) to support mission and ministry in deprived communities in the form of Lowest Income Communities Funding. Across England, £82.1m has been allocated by the Commissioners for this purpose in 2020-22. Recipient dioceses are required to report on their use of this funding to The Archbishops’ Council each year. The Diocese of Lichfield, which covers Walsall South, will receive over £1.7m of this funding in 2021. In 2019, the diocese allocated some £200,000 of this to support ministry and mission in parishes in Walsall.</p><p> </p><p>The dioceses can also apply for Strategic Development Funding (SDF) for significant projects which support their mission and financial strength, in line with their own strategies. The criteria for this funding seeks to focus on areas of deprivation, and on work with children and young people and within large urban areas. In 2019, £1.7million was awarded to Lichfield Diocese to fund a project to enhance mission and ministry in Telford, which includes some of the diocese’s most deprived areas.</p><p> </p><p>A further £35m Sustainability Funding has also been made available to help diocese whose income has been reduced by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. This funding is focused on those dioceses with fewer historic assets and whose populations have lower average incomes. Grants worth £15m were made to 24 dioceses in 2020.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 08/01/2021 16:07:38 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1231901

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2020
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Churches: Greater London
	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 assessment he has made of the financial effect on central London parishes of the congestion charge being levied on Sundays.
	tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
	tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
	uin	85999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>I am aware of the pressure the extension of the congestion charge is placing on all who worship in those London parishes that are located within the boundary of the charge, and who must travel to them from outside that boundary. Though the Church Commissioners have not made formal representations, I am aware that approaches have been made to the Mayor of London by Churches Together in Westminster including St Martin-in-the-Fields and St James's, Piccadilly, alongside other denominations and faiths. Concern has been raised about the knock-on impact on social action project work carried out by many central London places of worship, which may see a fall in donations as a result of fewer regular worshippers or visitors.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 14/09/2020 16:12:40 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 46029 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1316328

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2021
	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: Rural areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement on what steps the Church of England is taking to support the diocese of (a) Hereford and (b) Lichfield; and what plans the Church of England has to support dioceses with large rural parishes.
	tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
	tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
	uin	3820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>Diocesan resourcing of mission and ministry is supported by congregational giving, historic investments and other income. Additional support is provided from national funds generated by the investments of the Church Commissioners and distributed by the Archbishops' Council.</p><p> </p><p>The Diocese of Hereford has received:</p><ul><li>£1.172m of Lowest Income Communities Funding over 2020-22 to support mission and ministry in areas of low economic activity.</li><li>£113k of Strategic Ministry Funding to help fund curates costs.</li><li>£120k in 2020 to support work on congregational giving.</li><li>£525k of Strategic Development Funding was awarded in 2017 towards a 5-year project supporting missioners in six parishes in the Diocese, including 3 of its market towns, focusing on reaching children and young people. More details can be found <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hereford.anglican.org%2Fintergenerational-mission%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csimon.stanley%40churchofengland.org%7Cb6c3e58be39d4f3c30d608d91ec18157%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C637574638717289664%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=KuCQu5fp2Ix2%2Fflo7vsdMHd9eG1CExIoe4jzhm9l2CQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Diocese of Lichfield has received:</p><ul><li>£6.23m of Lowest Income Communities Funding over 2020-22 to support mission and ministry in areas of low economic activity.</li><li>£850k to support diocesan finances in the light of the impact Covid-19.</li><li>£1.690m of Strategic Development Funding in 2019 for a 6-year project to support ministry and mission in Telford, focusing strongly on social engagement and reaching children and young people. More details can be found <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lichfield.anglican.org%2Fnews%2Ftelford-new-church-mission.php&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csimon.stanley%40churchofengland.org%7Cb6c3e58be39d4f3c30d608d91ec18157%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C637574638717289664%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=%2FokkcFuiyKiOHwduG34VL63bWaaRonhbrnhLxumnndE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Through the Government's Culture Recovery Fund, parishes and cathedrals of the two dioceses have also received:</p><ul><li>Lichfield: 14 grants to parishes, totalling £379,141, and two grants to Lichfield Cathedral, totalling £152,900</li><li>Hereford: 12 grants to parishes, totalling £304,678, and two grants to Hereford Cathedral, totalling £284,400</li></ul><p> </p><p>Rural parishes make up around 60% of the Church of England's footprint with approximately 10,000 buildings. These parishes serve about 17% of the population, with 91% of rural churches being listed. These rural churches are an important community asset as they are often the only public building left in their community and serve multiple purposes in addition to being a place of worship.</p><p> </p><p>The Association of Festival Churches (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fafchurches.org%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csimon.stanley%40churchofengland.org%7Cb6c3e58be39d4f3c30d608d91ec18157%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C637574638717299634%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=mv07sTg3MrEuZ7n9ET439SSMnp8KrfA7p%2FdiSBKfVHQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">The Association of Festival Churches</a>) was recently formed with the express purpose of supporting mostly rural churches to expand community use of their church buildings, working with pre-existing specialist resources such as the <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farthurrankcentre.org.uk%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csimon.stanley%40churchofengland.org%7Cb6c3e58be39d4f3c30d608d91ec18157%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C637574638717299634%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=VayZla7j2z3WFbS9F18o3ppaoGh86c0fl32wUYS1YFg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Arthur Rank Centre</a> to provide targeted guidance and advice for rural churches.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 24/05/2021 15:05:05 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1270852

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2020
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Charitable Donations: Software
	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 assessment the Church of England has made of the potential merits of establishing an app to enable contactless donations to be given via a QR code in the context of the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
	tabling member printed	Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
	uin	128865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2021 answer text <p>The Church of England’s central purchasing facility ‘<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.parishbuying.org.uk%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csimon.stanley%40churchofengland.org%7C9012f81c55ce400dc17508d8b3e5d688%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C637457147030154457%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=jDIOO%2Fzt%2Fzu4KLOwXd%2BCm8wZOTIzC4s4CSvEGIRRJJg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Parish Buying</a>’ has been rolling out electronic and contactless giving across the parishes and cathedral since 2018. Parish Buying has negotiated a discounted rate for churches to take online donations given through <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.parishbuying.org.uk%2Fcategories%2Fgiving-and-payments%2Fonline-giving&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csimon.stanley%40churchofengland.org%7C9012f81c55ce400dc17508d8b3e5d688%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C637457147030164452%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=6QGQE5Q3bG6yroCf6lHmxWz3UtUSd6wuMhSdeWdxOEg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">GiveALittle</a>. Nearly 2,000 churches have set up GiveALittle accounts so far.</p><p><br>The national Church is funding premium membership of this service for all parishes, enabling people to make gift aid declarations and to make regular monthly donations online. The GiveALittle system allows a church to publish a giving page or make a QR code available to enable people to give quickly and simply. Guidance for parishes is available <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.parishbuying.org.uk%2Fimages%2Fdocuments%2FQR_codes_and_how_to_get_one.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csimon.stanley%40churchofengland.org%7C9012f81c55ce400dc17508d8b3e5d688%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C637457147030164452%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=w51rB5TXuDUSkoLcEk028lh5J9oSP%2BphUc3UIXPY35c%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Training is available <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofengland.org%2Fresources%2Fbuilding-generous-church%2Fwebinars-and-training%2Fgenerosity-toolkit&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csimon.stanley%40churchofengland.org%7C9012f81c55ce400dc17508d8b3e5d688%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C637457147030174448%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=N5lXhDvUtu1PS4s7cmdNwXGlSr6ZJgsL%2B5sQEi550l0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">online</a> for parishes on many giving issues, including online giving, and there is extensive guidance on both <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.parishbuying.org.uk%2Fcategories%2Fgiving-and-payments%2Fonline-giving&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csimon.stanley%40churchofengland.org%7C9012f81c55ce400dc17508d8b3e5d688%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C637457147030174448%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=rl1pGWzmU66oIU1HZe5h5iQwWRHQwCUUY%2BkQco2rxps%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Parish Buying</a> and <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.parishresources.org.uk%2Fencouraging-giving-online%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csimon.stanley%40churchofengland.org%7C9012f81c55ce400dc17508d8b3e5d688%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C637457147030184445%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=iJZAq48H78vaIBkO2ibwkwgeGuTsXOdeKVn1NeNe2bE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Parish Resources</a> websites. GiveALittle also has an app available for <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.parishbuying.org.uk%2Fcategories%2Fgiving-and-payments%2Fsolutions%2Fpayaz-pass-box-complete-kit&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csimon.stanley%40churchofengland.org%7C9012f81c55ce400dc17508d8b3e5d688%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C637457147030184445%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=WAqI50bvbZD1QfkRAh8z75iCacrL%2BIBVN75EpQHfC3U%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">contactless devices</a>, and this enables the public who may wish to donate to churches to continue to make donations. This year the Church will begin the rolling out of free contactless devices to half Church of England parishes, and many have already installed them following the successful trials in 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 08/01/2021 16:05:57 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown