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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of primary school children participating in (a) music, (b) drama, (c) dance and (d) art in the 2014-15 academic year.

The Taking Part survey does not collect information on participation specifically for primary school children. In any case, the data for the 2014/15 financial year is not yet available.

Please find the Taking Part survey on the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/taking-part