{"value":{"id":1541990,"askingMemberId":4131,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-11-14T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-11-16T00:00:00","uin":"86653","questionText":"To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, by what proportion the number of ordinands in the Church of England has changed since 2016.","answeringBodyId":9,"answeringBodyName":"Church Commissioners","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1453,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-12-21T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>In 2016 there were 1,184 ordinands in total, including 476 ordinands starting training. In 2020 those figures had risen to 1,373 in total, including 591 starting training, the largest number in a generation.</p><p>The latest numbers, for 2021, show 1,276 in total, including 478 starting training, which is partly a result of the impact of Covid. There is an expectation that overall numbers will increase again.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Clergy","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1541990","method":"GET"}]}