Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to distribute its annual funding grants for Music Education Hubs for the financial year 2022-23; and if he will make a statement.
The government remains committed to continued support for music education. Following the Spending Review settlement, the department announced that we will continue to invest around £115 million per annum in cultural education over the next three years, through our music, arts and heritage programmes including music hubs, working closely with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Arts Council England and others.
Our partner organisations, including Arts Council England, the fundholder for music education hubs, will be updated shortly to confirm funding allocations for financial year 2022/23 following the outcome of the department’s business planning.
For financial year 2021/22 the department provided £79 million for the music education hubs programme. The department’s grant constitutes around 40% of income on average, with remaining income primarily being provided from parental and school contributions.