Baroness Keeley: Written Answers (809)

Written Question

Teachers: Qualifications

Wednesday 28th October 2026

Asked by: Baroness Keeley (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many state primary school teachers in each region of England had a degree-level qualification in music, drama, dance or art between 2012 and 2026, broken down by degree subject and by academic year.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

Information on the state-funded school workforce in England is published annually in the ‘School workforce in England’ statistical release, available on GOV.UK. The release includes published statistics on teachers’ qualifications.

The tables below provide the additional breakdowns requested in these questions for the 2012/13 to 2025/26 academic years, covering the number of teachers, the regional breakdown and the proportion of state-funded primary schools with at least one such teacher. Figures are provided separately for music, drama and art. Qualifications in dance cannot be separately identified in the School Workforce Census qualifications data. Data for the 2026/27 academic year will be collected later this term and published next summer.

Headcount number of state primary school teachers with a degree-level (or higher) qualification in music, drama or art between 2012/13 and 2025/26

	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	2025/26
Art and Design	15,659	15,727	15,915	15,869	15,785	15,356	14,894	14,528	14,304	13,946	13,636	13,174	12,712	12,204
Drama	6,694	7,067	7,454	7,710	7,958	7,904	7,821	7,809	7,814	7,818	7,840	7,567	7,347	7,125
Music	7,551	7,666	7,833	7,868	7,852	7,608	7,380	7,176	7,067	6,927	6,686	6,345	6,033	5,707

Proportion of state primary schools with at least one teacher with a degree-level (or higher) qualification in music, drama or art between 2012/13 and 2025/26

	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	2025/26
Art and Design	56.8	56.6	56.9	56.6	56.1	55.4	54.3	53.5	53.2	52.4	51.8	50.6	49.6	48.3
Drama	30.6	31.9	33.0	33.8	34.7	34.8	34.2	34.1	34.1	34.2	34.2	33.5	32.8	32.2
Music	34.9	35.2	35.8	35.9	35.7	34.9	34.0	33.1	32.6	32.1	31.1	29.8	28.8	27.6

Headcount number of state primary school teachers with a degree-level (or higher) qualification in music, drama or art by region between 2012/13 and 2025/26

	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	2025/26
Art and Design
East Midlands	1,409	1,400	1,431	1,439	1,399	1,381	1,343	1,313	1,297	1,273	1,268	1,216	1,171	1,137
East of England	1,721	1,756	1,801	1,785	1,783	1,754	1,743	1,699	1,665	1,631	1,608	1,595	1,535	1,476
Inner London	909	971	1,007	1,017	1,037	1,011	950	960	924	869	819	777	730	665
North East	630	619	637	636	619	588	575	575	573	577	550	530	503	479
North West	1,935	1,938	1,985	1,943	1,912	1,869	1,794	1,756	1,736	1,722	1,696	1,664	1,607	1,534
Outer London	1,434	1,499	1,510	1,499	1,489	1,438	1,399	1,338	1,290	1,210	1,182	1,134	1,069	1,054
South East	2,585	2,568	2,568	2,616	2,620	2,543	2,513	2,421	2,420	2,370	2,326	2,257	2,163	2,079
South West	1,686	1,669	1,677	1,682	1,717	1,622	1,579	1,537	1,553	1,501	1,475	1,434	1,386	1,330
West Midlands	1,930	1,918	1,901	1,864	1,847	1,820	1,745	1,695	1,646	1,642	1,586	1,481	1,471	1,414
Yorkshire and The Humber	1,420	1,389	1,398	1,388	1,362	1,330	1,253	1,234	1,200	1,151	1,126	1,086	1,077	1,036
Drama
East Midlands	606	618	665	690	715	716	734	712	733	723	721	696	681	651
East of England	741	781	815	854	879	890	895	915	903	885	895	870	840	825
Inner London	448	519	582	584	612	602	585	567	558	545	538	500	476	429
North East	173	179	197	220	231	223	219	216	221	217	217	210	206	187
North West	803	842	880	918	943	946	935	954	925	953	978	968	927	945
Outer London	762	822	853	862	877	845	818	826	806	799	784	764	728	692
South East	1,278	1,334	1,392	1,469	1,512	1,503	1,467	1,486	1,521	1,511	1,499	1,432	1,392	1,338
South West	696	741	769	786	815	816	814	795	810	838	851	822	794	776
West Midlands	556	575	609	638	659	668	671	666	654	670	683	655	660	651
Yorkshire and The Humber	631	656	692	689	715	695	683	672	683	677	674	650	643	631
Music
East Midlands	664	659	662	669	659	654	650	625	623	615	573	541	513	479
East of England	901	925	948	957	968	936	902	875	857	826	805	746	717	687
Inner London	355	384	419	417	438	416	413	410	385	361	332	329	303	278
North East	259	256	260	255	268	259	260	245	242	241	221	223	209	215
North West	974	986	993	1,008	1,008	951	930	903	895	866	857	821	780	746
Outer London	624	645	680	671	641	624	569	582	578	565	544	505	498	454
South East	1,343	1,344	1,366	1,390	1,400	1,361	1,308	1,275	1,275	1,257	1,225	1,171	1,115	1,065
South West	882	923	930	937	923	901	880	861	854	854	830	787	737	700
West Midlands	777	787	799	788	781	762	744	709	680	688	660	628	602	565
Yorkshire and The Humber	772	757	776	776	766	744	724	691	678	654	639	594	559	518

Source: School Workforce Census

Note: state primary schools includes states nursery schools

Written Question

Teachers: Qualifications

Wednesday 28th October 2026

Asked by: Baroness Keeley (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many state primary school teachers had a degree-level qualification in music, drama, dance or art between 2012 and 2026, broken down by degree subject and by academic year.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

Headcount number of state primary school teachers with a degree-level (or higher) qualification in music, drama or art between 2012/13 and 2025/26

	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	2025/26
Art and Design	15,659	15,727	15,915	15,869	15,785	15,356	14,894	14,528	14,304	13,946	13,636	13,174	12,712	12,204
Drama	6,694	7,067	7,454	7,710	7,958	7,904	7,821	7,809	7,814	7,818	7,840	7,567	7,347	7,125
Music	7,551	7,666	7,833	7,868	7,852	7,608	7,380	7,176	7,067	6,927	6,686	6,345	6,033	5,707

Proportion of state primary schools with at least one teacher with a degree-level (or higher) qualification in music, drama or art between 2012/13 and 2025/26

	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	2025/26
Art and Design	56.8	56.6	56.9	56.6	56.1	55.4	54.3	53.5	53.2	52.4	51.8	50.6	49.6	48.3
Drama	30.6	31.9	33.0	33.8	34.7	34.8	34.2	34.1	34.1	34.2	34.2	33.5	32.8	32.2
Music	34.9	35.2	35.8	35.9	35.7	34.9	34.0	33.1	32.6	32.1	31.1	29.8	28.8	27.6

Headcount number of state primary school teachers with a degree-level (or higher) qualification in music, drama or art by region between 2012/13 and 2025/26

	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	2025/26
Art and Design
East Midlands	1,409	1,400	1,431	1,439	1,399	1,381	1,343	1,313	1,297	1,273	1,268	1,216	1,171	1,137
East of England	1,721	1,756	1,801	1,785	1,783	1,754	1,743	1,699	1,665	1,631	1,608	1,595	1,535	1,476
Inner London	909	971	1,007	1,017	1,037	1,011	950	960	924	869	819	777	730	665
North East	630	619	637	636	619	588	575	575	573	577	550	530	503	479
North West	1,935	1,938	1,985	1,943	1,912	1,869	1,794	1,756	1,736	1,722	1,696	1,664	1,607	1,534
Outer London	1,434	1,499	1,510	1,499	1,489	1,438	1,399	1,338	1,290	1,210	1,182	1,134	1,069	1,054
South East	2,585	2,568	2,568	2,616	2,620	2,543	2,513	2,421	2,420	2,370	2,326	2,257	2,163	2,079
South West	1,686	1,669	1,677	1,682	1,717	1,622	1,579	1,537	1,553	1,501	1,475	1,434	1,386	1,330
West Midlands	1,930	1,918	1,901	1,864	1,847	1,820	1,745	1,695	1,646	1,642	1,586	1,481	1,471	1,414
Yorkshire and The Humber	1,420	1,389	1,398	1,388	1,362	1,330	1,253	1,234	1,200	1,151	1,126	1,086	1,077	1,036
Drama
East Midlands	606	618	665	690	715	716	734	712	733	723	721	696	681	651
East of England	741	781	815	854	879	890	895	915	903	885	895	870	840	825
Inner London	448	519	582	584	612	602	585	567	558	545	538	500	476	429
North East	173	179	197	220	231	223	219	216	221	217	217	210	206	187
North West	803	842	880	918	943	946	935	954	925	953	978	968	927	945
Outer London	762	822	853	862	877	845	818	826	806	799	784	764	728	692
South East	1,278	1,334	1,392	1,469	1,512	1,503	1,467	1,486	1,521	1,511	1,499	1,432	1,392	1,338
South West	696	741	769	786	815	816	814	795	810	838	851	822	794	776
West Midlands	556	575	609	638	659	668	671	666	654	670	683	655	660	651
Yorkshire and The Humber	631	656	692	689	715	695	683	672	683	677	674	650	643	631
Music
East Midlands	664	659	662	669	659	654	650	625	623	615	573	541	513	479
East of England	901	925	948	957	968	936	902	875	857	826	805	746	717	687
Inner London	355	384	419	417	438	416	413	410	385	361	332	329	303	278
North East	259	256	260	255	268	259	260	245	242	241	221	223	209	215
North West	974	986	993	1,008	1,008	951	930	903	895	866	857	821	780	746
Outer London	624	645	680	671	641	624	569	582	578	565	544	505	498	454
South East	1,343	1,344	1,366	1,390	1,400	1,361	1,308	1,275	1,275	1,257	1,225	1,171	1,115	1,065
South West	882	923	930	937	923	901	880	861	854	854	830	787	737	700
West Midlands	777	787	799	788	781	762	744	709	680	688	660	628	602	565
Yorkshire and The Humber	772	757	776	776	766	744	724	691	678	654	639	594	559	518

Source: School Workforce Census

Note: state primary schools includes states nursery schools

Written Question

Teachers: Qualifications

Wednesday 28th October 2026

Asked by: Baroness Keeley (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of state primary schools had or have at least one teacher on their staff with a degree-level qualification in music, drama, dance or art between 2012 and 2026, broken down by degree subject and by academic year.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

Headcount number of state primary school teachers with a degree-level (or higher) qualification in music, drama or art between 2012/13 and 2025/26

	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	2025/26
Art and Design	15,659	15,727	15,915	15,869	15,785	15,356	14,894	14,528	14,304	13,946	13,636	13,174	12,712	12,204
Drama	6,694	7,067	7,454	7,710	7,958	7,904	7,821	7,809	7,814	7,818	7,840	7,567	7,347	7,125
Music	7,551	7,666	7,833	7,868	7,852	7,608	7,380	7,176	7,067	6,927	6,686	6,345	6,033	5,707

Proportion of state primary schools with at least one teacher with a degree-level (or higher) qualification in music, drama or art between 2012/13 and 2025/26

	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	2025/26
Art and Design	56.8	56.6	56.9	56.6	56.1	55.4	54.3	53.5	53.2	52.4	51.8	50.6	49.6	48.3
Drama	30.6	31.9	33.0	33.8	34.7	34.8	34.2	34.1	34.1	34.2	34.2	33.5	32.8	32.2
Music	34.9	35.2	35.8	35.9	35.7	34.9	34.0	33.1	32.6	32.1	31.1	29.8	28.8	27.6

Headcount number of state primary school teachers with a degree-level (or higher) qualification in music, drama or art by region between 2012/13 and 2025/26

	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	2025/26
Art and Design
East Midlands	1,409	1,400	1,431	1,439	1,399	1,381	1,343	1,313	1,297	1,273	1,268	1,216	1,171	1,137
East of England	1,721	1,756	1,801	1,785	1,783	1,754	1,743	1,699	1,665	1,631	1,608	1,595	1,535	1,476
Inner London	909	971	1,007	1,017	1,037	1,011	950	960	924	869	819	777	730	665
North East	630	619	637	636	619	588	575	575	573	577	550	530	503	479
North West	1,935	1,938	1,985	1,943	1,912	1,869	1,794	1,756	1,736	1,722	1,696	1,664	1,607	1,534
Outer London	1,434	1,499	1,510	1,499	1,489	1,438	1,399	1,338	1,290	1,210	1,182	1,134	1,069	1,054
South East	2,585	2,568	2,568	2,616	2,620	2,543	2,513	2,421	2,420	2,370	2,326	2,257	2,163	2,079
South West	1,686	1,669	1,677	1,682	1,717	1,622	1,579	1,537	1,553	1,501	1,475	1,434	1,386	1,330
West Midlands	1,930	1,918	1,901	1,864	1,847	1,820	1,745	1,695	1,646	1,642	1,586	1,481	1,471	1,414
Yorkshire and The Humber	1,420	1,389	1,398	1,388	1,362	1,330	1,253	1,234	1,200	1,151	1,126	1,086	1,077	1,036
Drama
East Midlands	606	618	665	690	715	716	734	712	733	723	721	696	681	651
East of England	741	781	815	854	879	890	895	915	903	885	895	870	840	825
Inner London	448	519	582	584	612	602	585	567	558	545	538	500	476	429
North East	173	179	197	220	231	223	219	216	221	217	217	210	206	187
North West	803	842	880	918	943	946	935	954	925	953	978	968	927	945
Outer London	762	822	853	862	877	845	818	826	806	799	784	764	728	692
South East	1,278	1,334	1,392	1,469	1,512	1,503	1,467	1,486	1,521	1,511	1,499	1,432	1,392	1,338
South West	696	741	769	786	815	816	814	795	810	838	851	822	794	776
West Midlands	556	575	609	638	659	668	671	666	654	670	683	655	660	651
Yorkshire and The Humber	631	656	692	689	715	695	683	672	683	677	674	650	643	631
Music
East Midlands	664	659	662	669	659	654	650	625	623	615	573	541	513	479
East of England	901	925	948	957	968	936	902	875	857	826	805	746	717	687
Inner London	355	384	419	417	438	416	413	410	385	361	332	329	303	278
North East	259	256	260	255	268	259	260	245	242	241	221	223	209	215
North West	974	986	993	1,008	1,008	951	930	903	895	866	857	821	780	746
Outer London	624	645	680	671	641	624	569	582	578	565	544	505	498	454
South East	1,343	1,344	1,366	1,390	1,400	1,361	1,308	1,275	1,275	1,257	1,225	1,171	1,115	1,065
South West	882	923	930	937	923	901	880	861	854	854	830	787	737	700
West Midlands	777	787	799	788	781	762	744	709	680	688	660	628	602	565
Yorkshire and The Humber	772	757	776	776	766	744	724	691	678	654	639	594	559	518

Source: School Workforce Census

Note: state primary schools includes states nursery schools

Written Question

Arts: T-levels

Friday 17th July 2026

Asked by: Baroness Keeley (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the T Level-model for creative subjects; and what consideration they have given to making changes to improve the applicability of T Levels for creative subjects and the creative industries.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

Almost all T Level learners (92-93%) who completed their T Level in the first three cohorts were studying and/or working when surveyed after their course, with at least two thirds of students going on to work or study in the same field as their course. The department is expanding T Levels in subject areas including creative, so that more students can benefit from these strong progression opportunities.

We have already announced reforms to the delivery of industry placements, allowing greater scope for providers to determine appropriate delivery methods to facilitate placements for their students, including in creative sector settings.

We will continue to work with employers and providers to understand sector needs and to ensure that the T Level model supports this, ahead of new qualifications being introduced.

Written Question

Arts: T-levels

Wednesday 8th July 2026

Asked by: Baroness Keeley (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the creative talent pipeline of expanding post-16 creative provision within T-levels; and whether the current T-level model is suitable for the nature of creative subjects.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

T Levels are demonstrating excellent outcomes. Almost all learners (92-93%) who completed their T Level in the first three cohorts were studying and/or working when surveyed after their course, with at least two thirds of students going on to work or study in the same field as their course. We are expanding T Levels in subject areas including creative, so that more students can benefit from these strong progression opportunities.

The department will continue to work with employers and providers to understand sector needs and to ensure that the T Level model supports this, ahead of new qualifications being introduced.

Written Question

Stubhub and Viagogo

Monday 20th May 2024

Asked by: Baroness Keeley (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have met representatives from (i) ViaGoGo and (ii) StubHub International since September 2023.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

His Majesty’s Government is committed to supporting fair and transparent ticket pricing and tackling unacceptable behaviour in this market.

We engage with a range of key organisations and individuals operating in the ticketing sector to understand the issues and challenges facing the ticketing and live events sectors. This includes STAR (the Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers, the self-regulatory body for the entertainment ticketing industry in the UK), the Competition and Markets Authority, Fanfair Alliance (the campaigning body against industrial scale online ticket touting), membership bodies representing all parts of the music sector including artists and event organisers, and, where appropriate, primary and secondary ticketing businesses.

Neither DCMS Ministers nor officials have had any meetings with Viagogo since September 2023. Viagogo has written once to my Department since then.

There have been no meetings or correspondence between DCMS Ministers and StubHub International since September 2023. Officials in my Department have met them twice since this date at StubHub’s request, and have received correspondence from them in the last three months.

Written Question

Stubhub and Viagogo

Monday 20th May 2024

Asked by: Baroness Keeley (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have received correspondence from (i) Viagogo and (ii) StubHub International in the last three months.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

His Majesty’s Government is committed to supporting fair and transparent ticket pricing and tackling unacceptable behaviour in this market.

Neither DCMS Ministers nor officials have had any meetings with Viagogo since September 2023. Viagogo has written once to my Department since then.

Written Question

National Insurance Contributions: Overseas Workers

Monday 20th May 2024

Asked by: Baroness Keeley (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent members of staff were employed by HMRC to process applications for A1 forms in each of the last six months.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston

HMRC has a dedicated team of trained staff members available to process A1 certificate applications. The staffing numbers are regularly reviewed and adjusted based on demand throughout the year. The Department has the capability to train existing colleagues from outside the A1 certificate team as needed to address priority areas.

Written Question

National Insurance Contributions: Overseas Workers

Monday 20th May 2024

Asked by: Baroness Keeley (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken by his Department to process an A1 form was in each of the last six months.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston

HMRC has taken steps to address the backlog of A1 certificate applications, have achieved their recovery strategy ahead of time and they are now achieving service levels

Written Question

Stubhub and Viagogo

Monday 20th May 2024

Asked by: Baroness Keeley (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many times (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have met representatives from (i) ViaGoGo and (ii) StubHub International in the last 12 months.

Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Shadow Minister without Portfolio

All ministerial meetings with external organisations are published in the quarterly transparency returns.

Officials have met Viagogo once and StubHub International twice in the last 12 months.