Question follow-through · 114987

Dance and Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that children from non-privileged backgrounds have access to music and dance training, including through supporting the Music and Dance Scheme Schools.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
25 Feb 2026
Answer
3 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that children from non-privileged backgrounds have access to music and dance training, including through supporting the Music and Dance Scheme Schools.

  2. 25 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Birmingham Edgbaston to the answer of 12 February 2026 to Question 111332.​

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Department for Education: Ethnic Groups

4 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department was invited by the Office for National Statistics to provide evidence or input into its review of the ethnicity harmonised standard.

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Department for Education: Ethnic Groups

6 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidence her Department submitted to the Office for National Statistics' review of the ethnicity harmonised standard, including in relation to the recording of Sikhs and Jewish people as ethnic groups.