Music: Education
(asked on 12th November 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's news story entitled Record numbers learning instruments in class thanks to music hubs, published on 24 October 2018, how many pupils were taught an instrument in class in each region in 2016-17.
Information on the number of schools in each region who benefited from Music Hubs in 2016-17, the number of hubs located in each region and the number of pupils who were taught an instrument in class per region is shown in the table below.
This information is contained in a survey published by Arts Council England which is available at:
https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/children-and-young-people/music-education-hubs-survey.
The number of schools in each region who benefited from Music Hubs in 2016-17, the number of hubs located in each region and the number of pupils who were taught an instrument in class per region | ||||
Office for National Statistics Region | Number of schools | Number of Music | Number of pupils | Percentage of |
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East Midlands | 1,768 | 7 | 57,020 | 8.27% |
East of England | 2,391 | 11 | 61,979 | 6.90% |
London | 2,233 | 29 | 114,315 | 8.98% |
North East | 1,077 | 6 | 72,032 | 18.61% |
North West | 2,709 | 12 | 98,260 | 9.06% |
South East | 3,104 | 14 | 105,231 | 8.41% |
South West | 2,005 | 14 | 70,190 | 9.53% |
West Midlands | 2,021 | 12 | 65,767 | 7.30% |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 2,052 | 15 | 66,447 | 8.09% |
Total | 19,360 | 120 | 711,241 | 8.84% |