Question follow-through · 118072
Music and Dance Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken with the Secretary of State for Education to secure an uplift in funding for the Music and Dance Scheme Schools.
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken with the Secretary of State for Education to secure an uplift in funding for the Music and Dance Scheme Schools.
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Mar 2026
Answer published
This government is committed to broadening access to arts education, including specialist training for our most promising musicians and dancers irrespective of their personal or financial background through the Music and Dance Scheme. The scheme supports ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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