To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what funding the Office of the Children's Commissioner received from his Department for financial years (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. (247465)

The annual budget for 11 Million (formerly the Office of the Children's Commissioner) is £3 million for both these financial years. The Children's Commissioner for England publishes his annual report and accounts, copies of which are laid before Parliament and available in the House Library.