To ask the right hon. Member for Selby, representing the Church Commissioners, how many clergy who have resigned over the ordination of women have not claimed compensation to which they are entitled. [39262]
The commissioners' records relate only to clergy who have claimed assistance in accordance with the Ordination of Women (Financial Provisions) Measure.
They have no way of estimating how many other clergy eligible for financial provision have resigned as a result of the ordination of women.
However, I understand from the Advisory Board of Ministry that, as at 31 December 1995, figures received from dioceses show no significant difference between the total number of stipendiary clergy who have resigned over the ordination of women and the number of those who have claimed assistance under the financial provisions Measure.
To ask the right hon. Member for Selby, representing the Church Commissioners, if he will publish the estimates of the purported cost of the compensation scheme for clergy resigning over women's ordination which the commissioners have undertaken for the latest period for which such calculations have been made. [39264]
A total of 314 clergy have resigned to date and an additional 29 have expressed their intention to resign. It is difficult to predict the final number of resignations. However, actual expenditure, including housing costs, in 1994 and 1995 and estimated costings based on an illustrative total of 400 resignations are set out in the table.
Illustration of costs for 400 Resignations
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Year
| Gross costs to be met from CC Income £
| Housing capital (funded by CC)£
| Net costs for Church £
| Net housing capital (funded by CC)£
|
| 1994 | 2,581,000 | 5,011,000 | 792,000 | 5,011,000 |
| 1995 | 3,282,000 | 2,094,000 | 1,841,000 | 1,745,000 |
| 1996 | 2,990,000 | 1,325,000 | 1,531,000 | 974,000 |
| 1997 | 2,770,000 | 840,000 | 1,401,000 | 329,000 |
| 1998 | 2,030,000 | 350,000 | 872,000 | 46,000 |
| 1999 | 1,623,000 | 182,000 | 697,000 | (213,000) |
| 2000 | 1,222,000 | 189,000 | 507,000 | (58,000) |
| 2001 | 1,005,000 | 197,000 | 482,000 | (231,000) |
| 2002 | 942,000 | 204,000 | 575,000 | (151,000) |
| 2003 | 783,000 | 213,000 | 530,000 | 28,000 |
| 2004 | 557,000 | — | 436,000 | (288,000) |
| 2005 | 325,000 | — | 268,000 | (500,000) |
| 2006 | 212,000 | — | 188,000 | (208,000) |
| 2007 | 187,000 | — | 178,000 | (324,000) |
| 2008 | 165,000 | — | 162,000 | (562,000) |
| 2009 | 142,000 | — | 141,000 | (1,053,000) |
| 2010 | 135,000 | — | 135,000 | (243,000) |
| 2011 | 137,000 | — | 137,000 | (506,000) |
| 2012 | 133,000 | — | 133,000 | (526,000) |
| 2013 | 133,000 | — | 133,000 | (274,000) |
| Total | 21,354,000 | 10,605,000 | 11,139,000 | 2,996,000 |
Year of resignation 1993
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Age at resignation
| Number of resigners
| Total payments in 1994 £
| Total payments in 1995 £
| Projected payments in 1996 £
| Projected payments 1997 to end £
|
1993
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| 30–39 | 6 | 89,023 | 37,983 | 26,936 | 0 |
| 40–49 | 5 | 81,344 | 37,711 | 27,964 | 0 |
| 50–59 | 2 | 38,353 | 18,414 | 17,517 | 94,175 |
| 60–64 | 2 | 22,034 | 9.302 | 8,758 | 261 |
| Total | 15 | 230,754 | 103,410 | 81,175 | 94,436 |
1994
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| 30–39 | 49 | 508,473 | 481,273 | 309,820 | 142,483 |
| 40–49 | 51 | 520,563 | 544,668 | 424,176 | 188,699 |
| 50–59 | 79 | 793,197 | 859,500 | 691,198 | 2.705,302 |
| 60–64 | 38 | 389,256 | 334,917 | 184,681 | 107,093 |
| Total | 217 | 2,211,488 | 2,220,359 | 1,609,874 | 3,143,577 |
| 1995 | |||||
| 30–39 | 6 | — | 50,847 | 64,965 | 77,279 |
| 40–49 | 12 | — | 134,015 | 117,001 | 133,783 |
| 50–59 | 27 | — | 295,610 | 300,037 | 1,438,696 |
| 60–64 | 22 | — | 233,355 | 230,400 | 321,095 |
| Total | 67 | 0 | 713,827 | 712,403 | 1,970,854 |
1996(1 January-30 June)
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| 30–39 | 2 | — | — | 25,617 | 49,102 |
| 40–49 | 1 | — | — | 10,600 | 27,028 |
| 50–59 | 8 | — | — | 104,028 | 495,290 |
| 60–64 | 4 | — | — | 51,979 | 77,635 |
| Total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 192,224 | 649,056 |