Question follow-through · 36182
Music: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help encourage young people to learn to play a musical instrument.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 6 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 29 Mar 2025 · 23 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help encourage young people to learn to play a musical instrument.
10 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Mar 2025
Answer published
This government believes that music is an essential part of the well-rounded and enriching education that every child deserves. That is why music is included in the national curriculum for all students aged 5 to 14 who attend maintained schools.To support...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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