Question follow-through · 35650

Church of England: Young People

To ask the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to encourage more young people to attend places of worship.

answeredChurch Commissioners

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Answering body
Church Commissioners
Tabled
5 Mar 2025
Target answer date
7 Mar 2025
Answer
25 Mar 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to encourage more young people to attend places of worship.

  2. 7 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    One of the key priorities set by the National Church Institutions, working with the dioceses, is to double the number of children and young active disciples by 2030. From 2022-2023, there was an increase of 4% in the number of children and young people a...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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