HC Deb 23 February 1998 vol 307 c1W
Mr. Baker

To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, if he will list the properties and land owned by the Commissioners which they have identified as surplus to requirements, giving in each case their estimated value. [30328]

Mr. Stuart Bell

None. The Commissioners' property and land are investments held to support the ministry of the Church of England. They are kept under regular review and from time to time disposed of and acquired in the light of investment and other financial considerations. Details of such properties are commercially sensitive. The Commissioners are also the vendors of redundant Churches and a small number of these are vested in us at any one time for sale.