To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the cost of the Office of the Schools Commissioner for each year from 2006-07 to 2010-11; and if he will make a statement. (224280)

From September 2006, when the Office of the Schools Commissioner was first established, to March 2007 the cost was £970,000. For 2007-08 the cost was £3.1 million, and for 2008-09 the Office of the Schools Commissioner has a total budget of £4.3 million. Budgets for future years have not yet been finalised.