Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Church Commissioners – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 28 November 1994.
The Church Commissioners' forward estimates relate only to their own investment income, but their stipend allocations to dioceses take account of the special needs of poorer dioceses, including potential income from church members in those dioceses. Giving is the largest and most important source of funding. In 1992, giving through parishes amounted to about £274 million. Covenanted giving amounted to about £4.10 per subscriber per week.