questionText: To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how many churches have closed in each year since 1997.
answerText: Starting at 1990, the figures per decade are as follows:1990–1999: 274 2000–2009: 243 2010–2019: 210In the current decade:2020: 15 2021: 26 2022: 11 2023: 17 2024: 15Over this period the Pastoral and Closed Churches Committee of the Church Commissioners h...
heading: Churches: Closures