Written questions

Performing Arts: Disadvantaged

Commons · Question 88630 · Tabled 10 Nov 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 14 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Dame Caroline Dinenage

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that children from non-privileged backgrounds have access to music and dance schools.

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 14 Nov 2025

Funding of approximately £36.5 million is committed for the 2025/26 academic year for the Music and Dance Scheme, which provides income assessed bursaries to enable exceptionally talented children, regardless of their personal and financial circumstances,...