United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 63009
Church of England: Slavery
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26 June 2025
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6 July 2025 · Answer
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6 July 2025
Summary
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, for what reason the Church Commissioners have spent £5 million on Project Spire prior to approval from the Charity Commission.
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26 June 2025
Written question
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, for what reason the Church Commissioners have spent £5 million on Project Spire prior to approval from the Charity Commission.
Source: Commons
6 July 2025
Answer
The Church Commissioners has not spent that sum in connection with its response to historic links to African chattel enslavement (known by the project name Spire). Expenditure on this work to date has been limited to proportionate research into the Church...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-06-26/63009
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1816904
- uk · wq-1816904 · source updated 6 July 2025