Schools: Arts

(asked on 30th June 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much money has been provided to schools for art materials in each of the last 10 calendar years.


Answered by
Nick Gibb Portrait
Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 5th July 2021

The Government is delivering the largest cash boost for schools in a decade. Core school funding increased by £2.6 billion in the 2020/21 financial year and is increasing by £4.8 billion and £7.1 billion in the 2021/22 and the 2022/23 financial years respectively, compared to 2019/20. In 2021/22, mainstream school funding is increasing by 3.5% overall.

The National Funding Formula (NFF) continues to distribute this funding fairly, based on the needs of schools and their pupil cohorts. It is for head teachers to decide how they use their core funding distributed through the NFF, and no separate allocation is made specifically for arts materials.

This Government values the arts and supports the creative arts throughout the education system. Alongside funding for schools, the Department has invested nearly £620 million from 2016 to 2021 in a diverse portfolio of music and arts education programmes to ensure all children, whatever their background, have access to a high-quality education in music and arts. A further £84 million has been made available for music programmes and a range of arts and cultural programmes in this financial year.

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