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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent meetings he has had with educational organisations to discuss arts, music and culture in schools.

The Minister for Education and Childcare and I jointly chair a Cultural Education Board, focused on cultural and music education, at which schools and arts organisations are represented. The Secretary of State routinely discusses a wide range of issues with his counterparts in other government departments.