Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that specialist music and dance schools have enough funding to provide funded places for talented children from all socio-economic backgrounds; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing a multi-year grant settlement for those schools.

​​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. ​Any introduction of multi-year funding agreements will be considered in due course.