MoD spends £22 million a year on Christian chaplains
Posted: Fri, 21st Oct 2011
A Freedom of Information request to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) by the NSS has revealed the Armed Forces spend £22 million annually on Christian chaplains and currently employ 280 chaplains across all three services.
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