§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the right hon. Member for Selby, as representing the Church Commissioners (1) if he will list, for each year of the last 10 years, and by location new parsonages that the Church Commissioners have(a) had built and (b) bought, and the relative costs involved;
Parsonages built 1985–1994 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Diocese No. Average £ No. Average £ No. Average £ No. Average £ No. Average £ Bath and Wells 1 98,970 — — — — 1 139,000 1 154,211 Birmingham — — — — — — — — — — Blackburn 1 65,000 3 86,792 2 80,830 2 29,677 2 169,677 Bradford 2 90,577 3 86,192 — — 2 119,092 1 153,141 Bristol — — — — — — — — 1 95,000 Canterbury 3 98,119 — — 1 132,210 1 93,395 1 156,000 Carlisle 2 95,849 2 95,192 9 111,915 4 107,283 5 118,896 Chelmsford 3 97,670 1 94,311 1 135,000 1 135,000 3 163,373 Chester 3 82,576 1 95,000 1 123,080 3 100,525 4 177,068 Chichester — — 1 100,047 3 129,514 4 138,636 2 158,412 Coventry 1 70,735 — — 3 89,990 — — 1 115,000 Derby 3 99,233 3 94,702 1 108,000 1 109,292 — — Durham 3 89,189 2 83,796 6 99,789 1 102,564 6 116,971 Ely 3 78,039 2 84,005 1 87,301 1 108,640 — — Exeter 3 85,848 3 97,001 4 97,874 3 105,633 1 121,301 Gloucester — — 1 83,992 — — — — — — Guildford 2 107,357 3 108,636 1 108,762 — — 2 136,796 Hereford 1 86,165 2 82,974 1 107,350 3 102,001 1 166,018 Leicester — — 1 81,744 3 93,055 1 89,622 3 109,675 Lichfield 3 75,182 5 89,419 2 107,129 3 103,146 2 101,845 Lincoln 3 84,179 4 84,619 4 78,728 2 80,738 1 114,245 Liverpool 3 78,000 1 92,016 3 86,503 2 119,701 5 135,690 London 2 116,504 3 117,672 1 172,989 3 143,521 2 159,444 Manchester 8 82,901 1 81,231 8 93,299 7 109,469 3 137,021 Newcastle 3 76,328 1 91,372 2 104,587 4 96,209 — — Norwich 6 83,243 1 84,705 3 102,488 — — 1 119,000 Oxford 2 99,999 5 101,336 4 114,356 3 124,596 2 129,115 Peterborough — — — — — — — — 1 196,531 Portsmouth — — 1 135,211 — — 2 140,099 1 153,640 Ripon — — — — 4 88,918 1 110,352 1 126,744 Rochester 2 95,624 1 100,294 — — 2 141,580 5 164,351 St. Albans — — 1 101,115 1 120,000 2 114,906 1 153,424 St. Edmunds and Ipswich — — 1 98,011 — — 1 163,950 2 121,085 Salisbury 1 61,460 — — 2 125,058 1 111,977 1 179,870 Sheffield 3 79,482 2 74,663 2 87,000 — — 2 114,800 Sodor and Man — — — — — — 1 120,750 — — Southwark — — — — 2 107,015 1 144,000 — — Southwall 1 67,656 — — 3 84,182 3 91,588 1 112,283 Truro 1 78,230 1 85,214 2 85,408 2 95,845 — — Wakefield 5 74,165 5 82,115 6 91,984 4 90,329 7 106,107 Winchester 1 92,880 — — 1 133,032 — — 3 154,000 Worcester — — — — 1 119,673 — — — — York 1 86,445 1 98,060 — — 3 106,122 2 93,000 Total 76 85,832 62 92,571 88 101,391 75 112,524 79 135,610 564W
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Total Number Diocese No. Average £ No. Average £ No. Average £ No. Average £ No. Average £ Bath and Wells 2 177,030 2 198,441 1 192,312 1 154,100 — — 9 Birmingham — — 1 138,750 — — 1 150,100 — — 2 Blackburn 2 146,125 2 160,500 — — 1 140,000 2 102,642 19 Bradford l 140,000 — — — — — — 1 192,477 10 Bristol — — — — 1 190,949 — — — — 2 (2) for each of the last 10 years, and by location, the parsonages that the Commissioners have sold; and what revenue has been raised from the sale of each.
§ Mr. AlisonThe initiative for the sale, purchase and construction of parsonages rests with the diocesan parsonages boards although each transaction requires the consent of the Church Commissioners. Over the 10 year period 1985–1994, 563 parsonages have been built, 550 purchased and 1,486 sold. The following table gives details including location by diocese and sums raised or expended.
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1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Diocese No. Average £ No. Average £ No. Average £ No. Average £ No. Average £ Total Number Canterbury — — — — — — — — — — 6 Carlisle 2 171,845 1 163,763 1 131,100 4 126,229 — — 30 Chelmsford 1 151,102 1 141,588 1 174,122 — — 2 142,993 14 Chester 7 161,761 1 302,489 — — — — — — 20 Chichester — — — — — — — — 1 130,000 11 Coventry 1 225,346 1 223,153 1 157,585 — — — — 8 Derby 1 145,214 — — — — 2 172,316 — — 11 Durham — — 1 180,000 — — — — — — 19 Ely 1 148,000 2 149,000 1 159,430 — — 2 181,500 13 Exeter 3 147,539 — — — — 1 168,182 — — 18 Gloucester 1 132,000 2 158,704 — — — — — — 4 Guildford — — 1 165,353 1 183,000 1 303,367 2 188,453 13 Hereford 1 157,050 — — — — 1 133,915 — — 10 Leicester 1 127,000 — — 2 145,000 — — — — 11 Lichfield 1 185,300 1 149,419 — — — — 1 190,000 18 Lincoln 1 103,501 5 136,509 3 160,988 2 144,880 2 148,952 27 Liverpool — — — — 1 91,335 — — — — 15 London 1 249,054 — — — — 1 150,000 — — 13 Manchester — — 7 175,254 1 192,577 1 195,000 1 169,000 37 Newcastle 3 152,256 2 127,446 1 185,000 — — — — 16 Norwich 2 163,000 — — — — — — 1 140,000 14 Oxford — — 1 154,440 1 140,000 4 168,071 — — 22 Peterborough 2 154,339 2 182,337 — — 1 45,963 — — 6 Portsmouth 1 140,930 2 163,938 — — 2 134,736 1 232,000 10 Ripon — — 1 158,000 1 167,073 1 143,000 1 100,000 10 Rochester — — — — — — 1 144,748 — — 11 St. Albans 2 152,696 2 191,188 1 190,000 — — 2 215,320 12 St. Edmunds and Ipswich 1 145,209 1 202,815 3 210,028 — — 1 175,000 10 Salisbury 1 163,560 2 189,126 3 134,970 — — — — 11 Sheffield 4 102,785 — — 4 116,250 — — 2 123,250 19 Sodor and Man — — — — — — — — — — 1 Southwark — — 2 219,200 — — 2 222,372 1 178,000 8 Southwall 1 143,914 — — — — 1 120,000 — — 10 Truro 1 141,315 3 132,028 1 119,137 1 128,966 — — 12 Wakefield 3 115,113 2 137,156 — — 1 129,749 — — 33 Winchester — — — — — — 1 197,000 1 151,306 7 Worcester — — — — — — 1 139,428 — — 2 York 1 135,000 — — 1 140,600 — — — — 9 Total 49 150,036 48 167,492 30 156,239 32 155,291 24 161,000 563 Note:
It should be noted that the costs given are averages, so do not necessarily reflect the value of parsonages across each diocese.
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Parsonages purchased 1985–1994 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Diocese No. Average £ No. Average £ No. Average £ No. Average £ No. Average £ Bath and Wells 1 80,000 1 105,672 6 121,864 1 130,000 2 192,000 Birmingham 3 72,350 1 84,500 — — — — — — Blackburn — — 2 63,903 3 80,871 1 138,000 1 120,000 Bradford — — 1 83,274 1 112,500 — — 1 125,000 Bristol — — 2 112,577 2 108,430 2 162,125 — — Canterbury 2 92,542 2 98,969 2 115,850 1 188,400 — — Carlisle 1 47,950 1 61,775 3 92,119 1 98,000 1 56,100 Chelmsford 4 97,007 2 130,000 4 142,094 5 193,250 5 210,000 Chester 3 89,077 3 125,995 1 123,250 — — — — Chichester 5 96,325 — — 2 166,081 2 172,000 4 223,500 Coventry — — — — 1 76,000 — — 1 194,000 Derby 1 72,377 — — 3 72,600 — — — — Durham — — — — 1 134,264 1 100,000 — — Ely — — — — 4 84,956 1 132,000 1 202,000 Exeter 2 67,114 3 104,876 4 113,537 2 131,426 4 219,371 Gloucester — — — — 1 155,000 — — 4 277,375 Guildford 3 162,701 2 141,344 1 195,055 2 340,500 3 309,394 Hereford 1 61,335 — — — — — — 1 140,000 Leicester 1 93,000 1 89,267 — — 1 160,000 3 166,152 Lichfield 1 42,000 2 69,772 — — — — 1 227,172 Lincoln 2 60,490 1 76,000 3 67,983 2 109,750 9 117,136
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Diocese No. Average £ No. Average £ No. Average £ No. Average £ No. Average £ Liverpool — — 3 74,705 1 82,950 2 112,000 3 171,167 London 3 106,300 4 213,950 3 434,487 3 299,000 5 316,177 Manchester — — 3 77,300 4 83,975 6 91,219 9 130,142 Newcastle 1 80,775 — — — — — — 2 168,000 Norwich 2 89,897 2 89,000 1 102,000 1 152,100 — — Oxford 2 129,025 2 131,131 2 136,225 3 220,665 4 213,000 Peterborough 1 93,130 2 113,465 — — 2 132,750 3 162,233 Portsmouth — — 4 111,988 3 158,494 1 165,000 1 131,300 Ripon — — — — 1 94,000 — — — — Rochester 1 123,500 — — — — 2 265,000 — — St. Albans — — 2 112,400 1 208,000 1 247,000 2 277,750 St. Edmunds and Ipswich 5 75,749 1 78,540 1 101,997 1 137,500 1 187,000 Salisbury 1 90,398 1 115,010 2 115,036 — — — — Sheffield 3 57,821 2 66,300 4 75,250 2 61,700 3 136,667 Sodor and Man — — — — — — — — — — Southwark 4 137,352 2 126,550 3 146,438 2 229,300 1 295,000 Southwell 3 72,812 1 80,000 — — — — 2 154,975 Truro 1 69,500 1 65,850 1 74,750 — — 3 132,217 Wakefield 3 74,077 4 90,725 4 86,327 2 94,350 3 167,725 Winchester 2 109,850 1 164,500 1 155,000 — — — — Worcester 1 88,228 — — — — 1 132,600 2 164,675 York 5 69,542 2 94,930 — — 3 103,333 2 140,625 Total 68 89,573 61 106,892 74 123,396 54 162,684 87 186,203 568W569W
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Diocese No. Average £ No. Average£ No. Average£ No. Average£ No. Average£ Total Number Bath and Wells 3 247,667 1 212,000 4 147,506 1 159,000 3 174,167 23 Birmingham — — 1 170,000 1 155,000 1 99,000 1 175,000 8 Blackburn 1 183,225 2 190,700 — — — — 1 244,247 11 Bradford 1 139,000 — — — — — — — — 4 Bristol — — 2 168,625 1 200,000 — — — — 9 Canterbury 2 213,750 — — — — — — — — 9 Carlisle 1 191,773 1 194,500 — — — — 1 67,000 10 Chelmsford 1 133,300 — — — — — — 1 172,644 22 Chester — — — — 1 74,950 1 240,000 1 108,000 10 Chichester — — 1 160,000 — — 2 145,544 4 125,502 20 Coventry 2 157,500 — — 2 166,750 — — — — 6 Derby 2 112,765 — — — — 1 134,000 — — 7 Durham 2 61,250 2 122,750 3 128,826 — — 2 128,374 11 Ely 1 127,500 — — 1 205,000 1 87,500 2 184,250 11 Exeter 9 201,083 2 192,649 1 169,500 3 144,869 — — 30 Gloucester 3 186,000 1 202,508 — — — — — — 9 Guildford 1 123,000 — — — — 1 272,459 — — 13 Hereford — — — — — — 2 108,000 1 153,976 5 Leicester 1 152,500 — — — — — — — — 7 Lichfield 2 165,500 2 113,770 1 135,000 — — 1 155,000 10 Lincoln 3 99,475 — — — — — — — — 20 Liverpool 1 115,000 — — — — — — 2 192,641 12 London 2 364,719 1 276,343 — — 2 285,446 — — 23 Manchester 5 127,200 4 127,488 1 67,000 2 157,902 — — 34 Newcastle 2 124,760 1 129,200 1 165,000 1 122,900 — — 8 Norwich — — 1 119,000 — — — — — — 7 Oxford 3 218,333 5 199,274 2 210,000 1 180,000 1 199,400 25 Peterborough 1 115,000 — — 1 268,206 — — — — 10 Portsmouth 1 267,500 1 150,000 1 175,000 1 195,000 — — 13 Ripon 1 160,217 1 125,000 — — — — — — 3 Rochester — — — — — — — — 1 145,612 4 St. Albans 1 160,000 — — — — — — 1 228,000 8 St. Eds and Ips — — 8 169,657 2 126,500 1 160,749 2 145,000 22 Salisbury 2 202,250 — — 1 220,200 — — 1 128,000 8 Sheffield 3 134,667 2 81,000 1 101,000 — — 2 104,000 22 Sodor and Man — — — — — — — — — — 0 Southwark — — 2 309,000 — — 2 230,974 — — 16
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Diocese No. Average£ No. Average£ No. Average£ No. Average£ No. Average£ Total Number Southwell 1 168,500 — — — — 1 101,000 1 146,000 9 Truro 1 178,450 — — — — 3 118,167 3 107,983 13 Wakefield — — 1 112,642 — — — — 3 91,917 20 Winchester 5 216,060 3 234,791 — — 1 207,500 — — 13 Worcester 2 174,653 2 195,866 1 217,680 — — 1 112,938 10 York 1 180,000 — — — — — — 2 126,500 15 Total 67 175,130 47 173,784 26 159,098 28 164,427 38 142,672 550 Note:
It should be noted that the costs given are averages, so do not necessarily reflect the value of parsonages across each diocese.
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Parsonage Sale 1985–1994 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Diocese No. Average £ No. Average £ No. Average £ No. Average £ No. Average £ Bath and Wells 6 86,916 1 132,000 5 126,650 6 176,754 — — Birmingham 2 44,875 2 100,000 2 58,500 — — 1 180,000 Blackburn 6 64,333 6 57,492 6 85,033 2 78,750 4 45,738 Bradford 3 65,500 1 50,000 4 59,250 — — 1 165,000 Bristol 2 83,059 4 89,625 3 109,167 3 114,585 1 250,710 Canterbury 9 62,444 8 96,904 2 152,000 2 136,300 2 173,750 Carlisle 10 61,350 6 47,917 6 65,500 8 80,525 7 154,479 Chelmsford 8 87,381 10 195,247 7 203,193 7 210,997 2 123,000 Chester 1 60,000 6 81,000 2 122,500 2 91,750 — — Chichester 8 130,164 5 101,900 3 230,167 5 193,600 3 206,333 Coventry 1 101,500 2 75,825 — — — — 2 173,317 Derby 6 68,333 3 70,000 3 94,385 2 91,000 5 152,132 Durham 10 51,102 4 69,125 3 31,894 6 49,283 2 147,061 Ely 8 70,705 5 154,430 8 97,260 5 172,400 2 215,055 Exeter 9 67,722 7 87,000 11 121,318 13 169,154 6 208,367 Gloucester 4 101,935 — — 2 199,626 — — 4 158,250 Guildford 3 118,666 5 173,010 6 196,917 4 169,625 1 131,992 Hereford 1 43,500 4 75,775 2 96,250 2 175,500 2 200,500 Leicester 9 79,094 3 87,667 2 99,700 1 100,000 2 225,000 Lichfield 13 54,923 5 74,000 8 59,800 4 88,500 1 65,000 Lincoln 1 52,000 8 56,094 9 75,458 9 107,253 — — Liverpool 5 41,700 7 41,107 8 52,167 7 39,640 3 92,050 London 3 108,000 8 155,014 7 356,257 3 686,167 2 209,750 Manchester 5 53,700 2 32,000 4 50,663 6 53,250 13 109,258 Newcastle 5 57,770 5 59,210 5 47,800 2 86,125 3 110,091 Norwich 10 72,219 8 86,500 9 95,500 4 111,125 — — Oxford 11 128,923 15 153,090 10 164,272 6 225,167 7 227,429 Peterborough 4 107,659 4 105,675 2 140,250 3 137,653 1 170,000 Portsmouth 1 153,000 — — 4 215,578 2 167,500 2 281,000 Ripon 4 88,625 1 39,000 2 80,000 1 113,500 — — Rochester 2 98,000 — — 2 181,125 2 470,000 2 262,350 St. Albans 7 97,651 — — 2 107,475 5 274,200 3 471,032 St. Edmunds and Ipswich 12 83,759 7 86,165 3 128,167 5 201,663 — — Salisbury 4 77,750 1 99,000 4 163,088 3 136,383 3 222,000 Sheffield 4 50,359 5 45,700 3 58,250 6 70,361 2 76,500 Sodor and Man — — — — — — — — — — Southwark 6 138,076 6 187,854 4 152,190 3 330,000 — — Southwell 7 61,788 5 51,400 5 73,665 1 65,000 1 140,000 Truro 1 75,000 3 49,683 7 78,568 2 473,000 1 180,000 Wakefield 10 40,025 6 67,500 12 58,612 10 64,455 4 107,125 Winchester 8 140,285 2 185,000 — — 3 170,410 1 331,011 Worcester 2 57,739 2 84,675 1 240,000 2 228,760 1 270,000 York 9 58,889 9 53,144 5 123,996 2 54,950 5 190,490 Total 240 78,624 191 97,329 193 115,950 159 153,382 102 175,061
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Diocese No. Average £ No. Average £ No. Average £ No. Average £ No. Average £ Total Number Bath and Wells 5 249,700 2 155,500 4 194,519 3 150,000 1 130,000 33 Birmingham 1 80,500 1 272,000 — — 1 80,000 — — 10 Blackburn 2 150,000 3 72,000 3 90,158 4 109,500 2 176,750 38 Bradford 1 282,600 1 162,000 1 67,500 2 94,000 2 87,500 16 Bristol 1 266,000 2 124,000 1 217,000 1 235,000 1 100,000 19 Canterbury 3 164,750 2 184,000 — — — — — — 28 Carlisle 8 179,296 4 90,250 4 117,750 4 141,500 4 119,375 61 Chelmsford 5 142,500 5 190,000 5 155,400 6 143,140 3 99,983 58 Chester 4 148,750 5 190,250 3 122,333 4 84,750 6 139,917 33 Chichester 9 186,619 1 210,000 — — 2 176,750 4 142,476 40 Coventry 3 196,667 — — 1 250,000 3 124,333 2 143,500 14 Derby 1 185,000 — — 1 185,000 1 129,000 3 187,000 25 Durham 1 64,000 4 79,150 3 118,000 3 77,000 2 110,000 38 Ely 1 135,950 2 252,500 1 120,000 9 133,513 1 298,000 42 Exeter 6 208,167 6 159,417 3 127,500 3 107,000 4 95,000 68 Gloucester 1 175,000 2 208,250 4 182,000 — — 2 127,250 19 Guildford 3 230,750 4 302,500 1 130,000 2 197,250 1 330,000 30 Hereford 2 154,500 1 103,000 2 167,500 1 128,000 4 146,128 21 Leicester 3 189,333 4 133,850 1 122,500 1 262,000 — — 26 Lichfield 5 131,107 1 75,500 3 138,833 3 97,833 1 55,000 44 Lincoln 7 119,114 8 110,363 5 123,300 9 130,183 12 100,083 68 Liverpool 5 102,000 5 76,600 — — — — 4 191,125 44 London 4 334,000 2 310,000 2 370,000 — — — — 31 Manchester 10 88,200 11 106,527 10 93,603 6 83,167 7 97,429 74 Newcastle 4 175,374 5 123,300 4 91,500 3 197,333 1 79,000 37 Norwich 2 128,250 — — 5 93,100 — — 3 174,583 41 Oxford 6 202,875 4 183,375 9 191,667 7 146,464 5 186,800 80 Peterborough 2 243,250 3 160,333 3 225,858 — — — — 22 Portsmouth 2 193,750 2 182,500 4 339,680 1 85,000 3 215,000 21 Ripon 1 80,000 2 153,331 1 134,000 1 230,000 — — 13 Rochester 2 158,750 — — — — 1 110,000 — — 11 St. Albans 6 181,875 — — 5 185,290 — — 2 249,750 30 St. Eds and lps 3 175,333 5 131,900 2 122,500 9 133,696 7 127,107 53 Salisbury 2 136,500 2 213,000 3 226,333 2 169,000 3 140,867 27 Sheffield 4 105.625 7 95,057 3 90,083 6 105,750 1 49,750 41 Sodor and Man — — — — — — — — — — 0 Southwark — — 1 240,000 3 250,167 7 146,150 3 216,500 33 Southwell 5 115,800 — — — — 1 59,950 — — 25 Truro 4 127,113 2 95,000 1 120,000 4 78,254 4 119,250 29 Wakefield 13 129,892 2 64,000 1 96,000 2 122,850 3 91,667 63 Winchester 3 202,851 5 168,200 1 115,000 2 183,750 2 163,625 27 Worcester 1 138,000 — — 3 141,000 1 320,000 1 265,000 14 York 3 119,369 2 80,500 1 79,000 — — 3 133,000 39 Total 154 161,812 118 144,395 107 156,058 115 130,955 107 140,177 1,486 Note:
It should be noted that the costs given are averages, so do not necessarily reflect the value of parsonages across each diocese.