§ Mr. CoxTo ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how many churches in the Greater London area have been made redundant in each of the last five years. [63586]
§ Mr. BellA total of 15 Greater London churches have been declared redundant in the last five years, broken down as follows:
Year Number 1997 4 1998 5 1999 2 2000 2 2001 2 In eight of these cases, a new church or place of worship was provided.