Question follow-through · 64283
Music and Dance Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people accessed the Music and Dance Scheme in each of the last five academic years; and how many students will be supported by the scheme in the academic year 2025-26.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 1 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 9 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people accessed the Music and Dance Scheme in each of the last five academic years; and how many students will be supported by the scheme in the academic year 2025-26.
3 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Music and Dance Scheme operates on an academic year basis.Information is available for the final number of students with a Music and Dance Scheme bursary after the end of the academic year, in order to account for in-year starters.The information for ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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