Parish share figures revealed: CEN 10.30.09 p 4. November 6, 2009
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Tables detailing the ‘parish share’ contributed to each diocese by its church members have been given to Parliament by the Second Church Estates Commissioner, Sir Stuart Bell.
In response to a written question from the member for Stroud, Mr. David Drew (Lab.) on Oct 15, Sir Stuart reported that the 2007 figures for the Church of England, excluding the Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe and the Diocese of Sodor & Man varied widely, from a high of £461 per church member in the Diocese of Bradford to a low of £123 in the Diocese of Rochester.
Sir Stuart noted the “parish share is not necessarily paid for out of members’ voluntary giving,” but was the “best proxy” in response to the question of what average financial contribution was made to each diocese by each of its parishioners.
In response to a second question, Sir Stuart noted the Church Commissioners provided 15 per cent of the “running costs” of the Church of England in 2005 and 2006—the last years “for which whole-Church figures are available.”
| Diocese | Parish share contributed to diocese per church member (£) |
| Bath and Wells | 314 |
| Birmingham | 326 |
| Blackburn | 292 |
| Bradford | 461 |
| Bristol | 421 |
| Canterbury | 362 |
| Carlisle | 335 |
| Chelmsford | 369 |
| Chester | 299 |
| Chichester | 291 |
| Coventry | 341 |
| Derby | 349 |
| Durham | 313 |
| Ely | 310 |
| Exeter | 333 |
| Gloucester | 294 |
| Guildford | 428 |
| Hereford | 286 |
| Leicester | 360 |
| Lichfield | 339 |
| Lincoln | 234 |
| Liverpool | 279 |
| London | 338 |
| Manchester | 299 |
| Newcastle | 300 |
| Norwich | 379 |
| Oxford | 358 |
| Peterborough | 365 |
| Portsmouth | 302 |
| Ripon and Leeds | 406 |
| Rochester | 123 |
| St Albans | 351 |
| St Edmundsbury and Ipswich | 333 |
| Salisbury | 306 |
| Sheffield | 343 |
| Southwark | 414 |
| Southwell and Nottingham | 356 |
| Truro | 284 |
| Wakefield | 343 |
| Winchester | 350 |
| Worcester | 340 |
| York | 298 |
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