§ 36. Mr. PikeTo ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how many church buildings were sold or otherwise disposed of in 1999; and to what uses these buildings have been put. [128233]
§ Mr. Stuart BellDuring 1999 the future of 16 redundant churches was settled by appropriation to alternative uses—six for community purposes, five for residential use, two by other Christian congregations, and three for, respectively, arts purposes, as a restaurant and as a shop.