Music and Dance Scheme
Lords · Question HL1684 · Tabled 6 Jul 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by The Lord Bishop of Manchester
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they consider the Music and Dance Scheme to have successfully enabled social mobility through arts education; and whether they intend to provide a full £4 million increase to the funding of the scheme recommended to
Answer
Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern, 17 Jul 2026
The Music and Dance Scheme (MDS) remains central to providing access to specialist performing arts education for high achieving young musicians and dancers, through means-tested bursaries to attend one of eight private schools or one of 20 Centres for Adv...