§ Mr. William Powellasked the hon. Member for Wokingham, as representing the Church Commissioners, what was the total cost to the Church Commissioners in each of the last 10 years of the stipends, establishment and staff of assistant bishops.
Year Stipends Housing Other expenses of office Total £ £ £ £ 31 March 1976 13,960 522 n/a — 31 March 1977 15,208 478 n/a — 31 March 1978 15,968 139 n/a — 31 March 1979 17,560 733 n/a — 31 March 1980 20,820 †679 11,754 33,253 31 March 1981 18,900 †219 7,766 26,885 31 March 1982 15,430 †236 6,033 21,699 31 March 1983 17,280 *†57,108 6,386 80,774 31 March 1984 19,010 †1,419 6,747 27,176 31 March 1985 20,420 †2,712 5,418 28,550 n/a Not available.
* This figure includes a capital grant towards purchase costs.
† These figures relate to the calendar year ending the previous December.
§ Mr. William Powellasked the hon. Member for Wokingham, as representing the Church Commissioners, what was the total cost to the Church Commissioners in each of the last 10 years of the stipends, establishment and staff of suffragan bishops.
Year Stipends Housing Other expenses of office Total £ £ £ £ 31 March 1976 215,350 19,019 n/a — 31 March 1977 233,758 *24,991 n/a — 31 March 1978 245,440 21,596 n/a — 31 March 1979 269,925 *111,265 n/a — 31 March 1980 325,500 †34,078 176,986 536,564 31 March 1981 407,030 *†211,758 213,399 832,187 31 March 1982 506,520 †47,110 235,194 788,824 31 March 1983 567,315 †68,683 259,233 895,231 31 March 1984 624,015 *†139,801 301,071 1,064,887 31 March 1985 680,960 *†119,231 312,206 1,112,397 n/a Not available.
* This figure includes capital grants e.g. purchase or improvement grants.
† These figures relate to the calendar year ending the previous November.
§ Mr. William Powellasked the hon. Member for Wokingham, as representing the Church Commissioners, if he will list in the Official Report the names of all assistant bishops in the Church of England, the date of appointment and the diocese to which attached, for whose stipends the Church Commissioners are not in any way responsible.
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§ Sir William van StraubenzeeThe commissioners do not have a record of all the information requested. However, the information they do have about the cost to the commissioners of the stipends, housing and official expenses of full-time assistant bishops is as follows:
§ Sir William van StraubenzeeThe commissioners do not have a record of all the information requested. However, the information they do have about the cost to the commissioners of the stipends, housing and official expenses of suffragan bishops is as follows:
§ Sir William van StraubenzeeThere are no full-time assistant bishops for whose stipend the commissioners are not in any way responsible. Those part-time assistant bishops for whose stipends the commissioners are not in any way responsible are: 261W
Name Appointment Diocese Maddocks, M. H. 1983 Bath and Wells St. John Wheeldon, P. W. 1977 Wakefield De Pina Cabral, D. P. 1976 Europe Fisher, R. L. 1985 Ely Marshall, M. E. 1984 London Pickard, S. C. 1984 Worcester
§ Mr. William Powellasked the hon. Member for Wokingham, as representing the Church Commissioners, (1) what was the annual cost, to the latest convenient date, to the Church Commissioners of the upkeep of the staffs of suffragan bishops;
(2) what was the annual cost, to the latest convenient date, to the Church Commissioners of the upkeep of the staffs of assistant bishops.
§ Sir William van StraubenzeeThe commissioners do not have the information necessary to answer these questions.
§ Mr. William Powellasked the hon. Member for Wokingham, as representing the Church Commissioners, if he will list in the Official Report the names of all assistant bishops, the date of appointment and the diocese to which attached for whose stipends the Church Commissioners are in whole or in part responsible.
§ Sir William van StraubenzeeThe commissioners are responsible in whole or in part for the stipends of two full-time assistant bishops and eight part-time assistant bishops and these are as follows:
Name Date Diocese Full-time Gill, K. E. 1980 Newcastle Franklin, W. A. 1978 Peterborough Part-time Warren, C. A. 1983 Derby Mort, J. E. L. 1972 Leicester Flagg, J. W. H. 1978 Liverpool Arden, D. S. 1981 London Knapp-Fisher, E. G. 1976 London 1975 Southwark Capper, E. M. H. 1981 Southwark 1973 Europe Dehqani-Tafti, H. B. 1982 Winchester Gordon, A. R. M. 1984 Canterbury Southwark
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Name Date of Appointment Diocese McCullagh, N. Taunton 29 January 1986 Bath and Wells Buchanan, C. O. Aston 25 July 1985 Birmingham Watson, R. C. C. Burnley 7 April 1970 Blackburn Harland, I. Lancaster 24 May 1985 Blackburn Frith, P. J. Malmesbury 30 November 1983 Bristol Third, R. H. M. Dover 20 September 1980 Canterbury Hardy, R. M. Maidstone 30 November 1980 Canterbury Hacker, G. L. Penrith 10 October 1979 Carlisle Roxburgh, J. W. Barking 30 June 1983 Chelmsford Coote, R. N. Colchester 22 February 1966 Chelmsford Bond, C. D. Bradwell 29 September 1976 Chelmsford Brown, R. Birkenhead 1 May 1974 Chester Sargeant, F. P. Stockport 25 January 1984 Chester Docker, I. C. Horsham 1 February 1975 Chichester Ball, P. J. Lewes 18 October 1977 Chichester Arnold, K. A. Warwick 1 October 1980 Coventry Richmond, F. H. A. Repton 30 January 1986 Derby Ball, M. T. Jarrow 10 October 1980 Durham
§ Mr. William Powellasked the hon. Member for Wokingham, as representing the Church Commissioners, what was the annual cost, to the latest convenient date, to the Church Commissioners of the stipends of assistant bishops.
§ Sir William van StraubenzeeThe annual cost to the Church Commissioners of the stipends of the two full-time assistant bishops was £20,420 at 31 March 1985.
§ Mr. William Powellasked the hon. Member for Wokingham, as representing the Church Commissioners, what was the annual cost, to the latest convenient date, to the Church Commissioners of the stipends of suffragan bishops.
§ Sir William van StraubenzeeThe annual cost to the Church Commissioners of the stipends of suffragan bishops as £680,960 at 31 March 1985.
§ Mr. William Powellasked the hon. Member for Wokingham, as representing the Church Commissioners, what was the annual cost, to the latest convenient date, to the Church Commissioners of the residences of assistant bishops.
§ Sir William van StraubenzeeThe annual cost to the Church Commissioners of the residences of the two full-time assistant bishops in 1984 (and paid by the commissioners in 1985) was £2,712.
§ Mr. William Powellasked the hon. Member for Wokingham, as representing the Church Commissioners, what was the annual cost, to the latest convenient date, to the Church Commissioners of the residence of suffragan bishops.
§ Sir William van StraubenzeeThe annual cost to the Church Commissioners of the residences of the 64 suffragan bishops in 1984 (and paid by the commissioners in 1985) was £57,612.
§ Mr. William Powellasked the hon. Member for Wokingham, as representing the Church Commissioners, if he will list in the Official Report the names of the suffragan bishops, the date of appointment and the diocese to which attached for whose stipends the Church Commissioners are in whole or in part responsible.
§ Sir William van StraubenzeeThe information is as follows:
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Name Date of Appointment Diocese Roe, W. G. Huntington 1 November 1980 Ely Coleman, P. E. Crediton 2 July 1984 Exeter Newring, K. A. Plymouth 2 February 1982 Exeter Walsh, G. D. J. Tewkesbury 29 January 1986 Gloucester Wilcox, D. P. Dorking 30 January 1986 Guildford Wood, S. M. Ludlow 3 December 1981 Hereford Rees, L. L. Shrewsbury 1 November 1980 Lichfield Waller, J. S Stafford 25 January 1979 Lichfield Mayfield, C. J. Wolverhampton 29 November 1985 Lichfield Hawker, D. G. Grantham 29 September 1972 Lincoln Tustin. D. Grimsby 25 January 1979 Lincoln Henshall, M. Warrington 1 February 1976 Liverpool Klyberg, C. J. Fulham 25 March 1985 London Santer, M. Kensington 7 January 1981 London Thompson, J. L. Stepney 3 October 1978 London Butler. T. F. Willesden 29 November 1985 London Masters, B. Edmonton 20 December 1984 London Scott, C. J. F. Hulme 13 September 1984 Manchester Galliford, D. G. Bolton 13 September 1984 Manchester Tytler, D. Middleton 22 July 1982 Manchester Dudley-Smith, T. Thetford 7 January 1981 Norwich Burrows, S. H. Buckingham 18 October 1974 Oxford Meyer, C. J. E. Dorchester 25 January 1979 Oxford Foley, G. Reading 22 July 1982 Oxford Dennis, J. Knaresborough 10 October 1979 Ripon Bartleet, D. H. Tonbridge 23 October 1982 Rochester Farmbrough, D. J. Bedford 27 October 1981 St. Albans Pillar, K. H. Hertford 2 February 1982 St. Albans Devenport, E. N. Dunwich 30 September 1980 St. Edmundsbury & Ipswich Neale, J. R. G. Ramsbury 1 February 1974 Salisbury Kirkham, J. D. G. Sherborne 1 December 1976 Salisbury Persson, W. M. D. Doncaster 23 July 1982 Sheffield Selby, P. S. M. Kingston 29 November 1984 Southwark Hall, A. P. Woolwich 29 November 1984 Southwark Wood, W. D. Croydon 25 July 1985 Southwark Darby, H. R. Sherwood 24 June 1985 Southwell Llewellin, R. A. St. Germans 3 November 1985 Truro Hare, T. R. Pontefract 21 September 1971 Wakefield Manktelow, M. R. J. Basingstoke 1 May 1977 Winchester Cartwright, D. Southampton 2 July 1984 Winchester Dumper, A. C. Dudley 1 April 1977 Worcester Snelgrove, D. G. Hull 29 May 1981 York Barker, C. C. Selby 1 May 1983 York Bates, G. Whitby 9 June 1983 York Weeks, A. W. M. Bishop in Europe 2 July 1980 Europe Vacant Lynn Norwich
§ Mr. William Powellasked the hon. Member for Wokingham, as representing the Church Commissioners, if he will list in the Official Report the names of all suffragan bishops in the Church of England, the date of appointment and the diocese to which attached, for whose stipends the Church Commissioners are not in any way responsible.
§ Sir William van StraubenzeeThere are no such suffragan bishops.