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FOI 0848 2020/21 Chaplaincy Budget

Freedom of Information Request: 0848 2020/21

Please could you provide the following information:

  1. Chaplaincy Budget for the years ending 2018, 2019 and 2020.
  2. How the chaplaincy budget is split across sites at UHB

Please see below table for Q1 and Q2

Total Budget [£] (Q2)
2017/18 QEH   222,730
BHH   159,185
GHH   67,347
SOL  38,668
  Total (Q1)   487,931
2018/19 QEH   226,297
BHH  161,735
GHH   68,426
SOL  39,288
  Total (Q1)  495,746
2019/20 QEH   262,518
BHH  187,621
GHH  79,378
SOL  45,576
  Total (Q1)   575,093

 

3. Percentage of chaplaincy budget spent on each faith group for year 2018, 2019 & 2020

 

Faith Group (Q3)
Christian (Non RC)                  291,164                295,908                344,010
Christian (Catholic)                  125,394                127,312                146,756
Hindu                      4,727                    4,804                    5,585
Muslim                    57,666                  58,605                  68,132
Sikh                      8,981                    9,127                  10,611
Total Budget (£)                  487,931                495,756                575,093

 

4. The number of Band 6’s and Band 5’s by faith group – Clarification from requestor: For the chaplaincy Department of UHB as a whole across all sites. Please note we have replaced the actual figures as they are low and therefore potentially identifiable.

 

Banding By Faith (Q4&5) Band 5 Band 6
Christian (Non RC)    <5     <5
Christian (Catholic)    <5     <5
Hindu      –     <5
Muslim    <5     <5
Sikh   <5      –
Total Contracted WTE     <10   <10

 

5. The Faith groups which each Band 6 belongs to.  See response at Q4

6. The percentage spent of chaplaincy provision of the overall UHB budget for year ending 2018, 2019 & 2020

 
  2017/18   2018/19   2019/20
Total UHB Budget (£)      1,361,952,993  1,567,671,955     1,685,781,736
% Chaplaincy Budget (Q6) 0.04% 0.03% 0.03%

 

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