Church of England: Legal Costs
Commons · Question 12112 · Tabled 31 Oct 2024 · Church Commissioners · Official record
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, if the Commissioners will publish the legal costs of defending bishops against claims that they failed to act appropriately in safeguarding matters in each of the last five years.
Answer
Answered by Marsha De Cordova, 14 Nov 2024
The Church Commissioners have a discretion under the Episcopal Endowments and Stipends Measure 1943, assessed on a case by case basis, to pay the costs of a bishop’s office, including costs in connection with legal claims. Such claims include those which ...