On 19th May 2020 the Second Church Estates Commissioner, Andrew Selous MP, answered a written question on church service attendance, from Alexander Stafford MP.
Alexander Stafford (Rother Valley): 47487 To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what is the average church attendance each week in (a) Rother Valley Constituency, (b) Yorkshire, and (c) England in each year of the last five years.
Andrew Selous: The most recent survey of church attendance was published in 2018, and the table below contains figures aggregated from 2014-18 using average weekly attendance figures at all age services. These figures are collected each year during four weeks in October.
The figures in the table below include adult and child attendance at Sunday and midweek church services and fresh expressions, but not attendance at services for schools. Special local services such as memorials to commemorate flooding – can lead to fluctuations in the figures.
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
| Rother Valley* | 1,450 | 1,260 | 1,170 | 1,130 | 980 |
| Yorkshire* | 82,600 | 82,800 | 77,600 | 75,500 | 75,200 |
| Church of England | 975,300 | 959,900 | 921,700 | 893,900 | 870,900 |
More information can be found in the annual Statistics for Mission report: https://www.churchofengland.org/media/18763
Parish boundaries do not coincide with constituency or county boundaries. Figures in the table are based on reasonable approximations as follows:
- The Rother Valley figure refers to the parishes in the Deanery of Laughton along with the parishes of Whiston and Wickersley.
- The Yorkshire figure refers to the Dioceses of York, Leeds, and Sheffield.
