HC Deb 30 July 1981 vol 9 c451W
Mr. Field

asked the hon. Member for Wokingham (Sir W. van Straubenzee), as representing the Church Commissioners, if he will list the income of the Church Commissioners for each financial year from 1960; and if he will also represent these data in real terms and as an index with 1960=100.

Sir William van Straubenzee

The commissioners' income for the: period 1960 to 1980, excluding trust income and money contributed by dioceses and parishes which passed through the commissioners' accounts was as follows:

Year £ million Index of Church Commissioner's income adjusted by RPI
1960 13.4 100
1961 14.8 108
1962 15.3 107
1963 16.1 110
1964 16.8 113
1965 18.9 121
1966 19.9 123
1967 20.4 122
1968 20.6 119
1969 21.7 118
1970 22.9 118
1971 23.7 112
1972 25.4 112
1973 26.8 109
1974 28.4 102
1975 30.1 89
1976 33.4 82
1977 36.9 77
1978 40.0 77
1979 46.2 81
1979 *41.7 64
1980 59.3 79
*9 Months.

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