Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 94771

Children: Musical Instruments

Tabled: 26 November 2025
Answered: 5 December 2025

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op)Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her department holds on musical instrument take up by secondary school children by social class in England.

Answer

Georgia Gould
The information requested is not held centrally. To support music education, the government has committed £76 million per year grant funding for the Music Hubs programme, including the 2025/26 academic year. The 43 Music Hub partnerships across England of...

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