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,...