To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Office of the Children"s Rights Commissioner for London. [115523]

I have been asked to reply.The Government welcomes the contribution of the Office of the Children"s Rights Commissioner for London to the debate about the value of a children"s commissioner for England. We have received a copy of the final report entitled "A Legacy and a Challenge for London: Office of the Children"s Rights Commissioner for London—a Three-year Demonstration Project" (2003), and are considering with interest the report"s assessment of the work of the Office over the past three years.