16. Archdeacon Geoff Huard asked -

(a) How many parishes had an income from offertories, donations, property and investment below $70,000 in 1995 and which are these parishes?

(b) How many provisional parishes and assisted provisional parishes had an income from offertories, donations, property and investment below $60,000 in 1995 and which are these provisional parishes and assisted provisional parishes?

To which the President replied -

(a) Parishes - 52

Arncliffe
Artarmon
Ashfield
Auburn - St Phillip
Balmain - St John
Bankstown
Bexley
Bexley North
Birrong
Blackheath
Campsie
Canterbury (with Hurlstone Park)
Carlton
Chester Hill
Clovelly
Concord and Burwood
Coogee
Cooks River
Corrimal
Cremorne Point
Drummoyne
Dulwich Hill
Enfield
Frenchs Forest
Glenquarie
Granville
Keiraville
Kellyville
Kingsgrove
Lakemba
Leura
Littleton
Merrylands West
Mona Vale
Mowbray
Mulgoa
Naremburn/Cammeray
Newport
Newtown
North Epping
North Ryde
Oatley West
Padstow
Penshurst
Port Kembla
Robertson
Smithfield
St George
St Marys
The Oaks
Waitara
Westmead

(b) Provisional Parishes - 29

Abbotsford
Annandale
Ashbury
Auburn
Balmain - St Mary
Croydon Park
Culburra Beach
Ermington
Erskineville
Fairfield
Guildford
Haberfield
Harbord
Harris Park
Homebush West
Jamberoo
Katoomba
Kenthurst
Liverpool South
Petersham
Pitt Town
Putney
Revesby
Riverstone
Rooty Hill
St Clair
Strathfield - St Andrew
Villawood
West Ryde

Assisted Provisional - 8

Bossley Park
Doonside
Eagle Vale
Georges Hall
Lord Howe Island
Oakhurst
Regent's Park
Tregear

Mr Wayne Winchester asked -

(a) Based on the annual parish returns, what parishes or provisional parishes have increased in their average weekly Sunday attendances by 10% or more during the last 5 years?

(b) Based on the annual parish returns, what parishes or provisional parishes have decreased in their average weekly Sunday attendances by 10% or more during the last 5 years?

(c) Based on the annual financial returns, what parishes or provisional parishes have increased their annual parish income by 10% or more over the last 5 years?

(d) Based on the annual financial returns, what parishes or provisional parishes have decreased their annual parish income by 10% or more over the last 5 years?

To which the President replied -

(a) & (b) If it is possible for these questions to be answered then they will be given before this session finishes.

(c) & (d) The term "annual parish income" may mean many different things. It does not appear on the Annual Financial Return. Identifying whether incomes of parishes, however defined, have increased or decreased would require many hours to analyse and compare 540 set of parish accounts.

The Rev Michael Steinwede asked -

(a) For each year, from 1987 to 1996 inclusive,

(i) which churches changed status, either from full to provisional or from provisional to assisted provisional;

(ii) which churches changed status, either from provisional to full or assisted provisional to provisional?

(b) For each year, from 1987 to 1996 inclusive,

(i) which churches became vacant;

(ii) how long did each of those churches remain vacant?

To which the President replied -

I assume the Questioner means "parishes", not "churches".

(a) This question needs research and cannot be answered overnight in the context of a busy schedule for the Synod. If the research can be done in time the answer will be given before this session finishes.

(b) This question requires extensive research and without increasing the staff resources of the Registry cannot be answered.

The Rev Michael Steinwede had asked a question on 29 October 1996 which had been answered in part on 30 October 1996. The remainder of the question was -

For each year, from 1987 to 1996 inclusive,

(i) which churches changed status, either from full to provisional or from provisional to assisted provisional;

(ii) which churches changed status, either from provisional to full or assisted provisional to provisional?

To which the President replied -

I am informed that the answers are -

No provisional parish became an assisted provisional parish. As for the other moves -

There were of course other changes of status during these years which the question does not touch and the statistics by total units are -