Clergy
Commons · Question 69758 · Tabled 22 Jul 2025 · Church Commissioners · Official record
Answered 1 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how many clergy of incumbent status have been dispossessed by diocese in each of the last five years; and how many (a) dispossession of office and (b) other schemes are being pre
Answer
Answered by Marsha De Cordova, 1 Sep 2025
In the period 2020-2025 there have been 11 dispossession cases under the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011. There are 7,340 stipendiary clergy, meaning dispossession cases represent a very small (less than 1%) proportion of overall clergy numbers.By dioce...