Churches: Closures
Commons · Question 69761 · 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 churches have closed in each year since 1997.
Answer
Answered by Marsha De Cordova, 1 Sep 2025
Starting at 1990, the figures per decade are as follows:1990-1999: 274 2000-2009: 243 2010-2019: 210In the current decade:2020: 15 2021: 26 2022: 11 2023: 17 2024: 15Over this period the Pastoral and Closed Churches Committee of the Church Commissioners h...