United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 69761
Churches: Closures
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22 July 2025
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1 September 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how many churches have closed in each year since 1997.
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22 July 2025
Written question
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how many churches have closed in each year since 1997.
Source: Commons
1 September 2025
Answer
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...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-07-22/69761
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1825957
- uk · wq-1825957 · source updated 1 September 2025