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Commons · Question 80895 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures her Department is taking to help support access to dance education in schools.

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 20 Oct 2025

The department provides funding for the Music and Dance Scheme (MDS) for means-tested bursaries for 11 to 19 year-olds and the Dance and Drama Awards (DaDA) means-tested grants for 16 to 19 year-olds to improve access to specialist dance education. These ...