Question follow-through · 12112
Church of England: Legal Costs
To ask the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, if the Commissioners will publish the legal costs of defending bishops against claims that they failed to act appropriately in safeguarding matters in each of the last five years.
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- Answering body
- Church Commissioners
- Tabled
- 31 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 14 Nov 2024 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
31 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, if the Commissioners will publish the legal costs of defending bishops against claims that they failed to act appropriately in safeguarding matters in each of the last five years.
4 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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14 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Church Commissioners have a discretion under the Episcopal Endowments and Stipends Measure 1943, assessed on a case by case basis, to pay the costs of a bishop’s office, including costs in connection with legal claims. Such claims include those which ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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