Question follow-through · 57216

Additional Curates Society: Finance

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Commissioners have received reports of financial impropriety at the Additional Curates Society.

answeredChurch Commissioners

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Answering body
Church Commissioners
Tabled
4 Jun 2025
Target answer date
9 Jun 2025
Answer
11 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Commissioners have received reports of financial impropriety at the Additional Curates Society.

  2. 9 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Church Commissioners have not received any reports regarding the Additional Curates Society. As a separate charity, the Additional Curates Society does not come under the remit or management of the Church Commissioners or the National Church Instituti...

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