Question follow-through · 79113
Music and Dance Scheme: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of current funding levels for the music and dance scheme to ensure access for children from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 23 Oct 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of current funding levels for the music and dance scheme to ensure access for children from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Oct 2025
Answer published
The government fully supports the arts and the development of a skills pipeline into the creative industries.The department is providing £36.5 million for the Music and Dance Scheme this academic year.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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