Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 87538

Schools: Finance

Tabled: 3 November 2025
Answered: 11 November 2025

Question

Bradley Thomas

ConservativeBromsgrove

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of (a) the Music and Dance Scheme and (b) other school funding schemes in the context of current levels of inflation.

Answer

Georgia Gould
​The government fully supports the arts and the development of a skills pipeline into the creative industries.The department is providing £36.5 million for the Music and Dance Scheme this academic year.