HC Deb 16 March 2004 vol 419 c156W
Miss McIntosh

To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners when he will reply to the question tabled for oral answer by the hon. Member for Vale of York, reference 158945. [161394]

Sir Stuart Bell

My answer was submitted on 8 March.

In that answer, I said that in 1996 the total stipend cost for parochial clergy (not including Employer's National Insurance contributions) was approximately £130.5 million. In 2003 the figure was approximately £151.8 million.