HC Deb 20 February 1986 vol 92 cc259-63W
Mr. William Powell

asked 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 Powell

asked 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 Powell

asked 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.

Sir William van Straubenzee

The 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 Straubenzee

The 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 Straubenzee

There 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:

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 Powell

asked 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 Straubenzee

The commissioners do not have the information necessary to answer these questions.

Mr. William Powell

asked 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 Straubenzee

The 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

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 Powell

asked 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 Straubenzee

The 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 Powell

asked 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 Straubenzee

The annual cost to the Church Commissioners of the stipends of suffragan bishops as £680,960 at 31 March 1985.

Mr. William Powell

asked 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 Straubenzee

The 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 Powell

asked 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 Straubenzee

The 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 Powell

asked 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 Straubenzee

The information is as follows:

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 Powell

asked 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 Straubenzee

There are no such suffragan bishops.