Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2016 to Question 28761, what assessment she has made of whether musical education hubs are playing their core role of ensuing that every child aged between 5-18 learns to play a musical instrument.

The role of music education hubs is to ensure that every child aged 5-18 has the opportunity to learn a musical instrument through whole-class ensemble teaching.

In 2013/14, Arts Council England data showed that 596,820 pupils learned to play an instrument through whole class ensemble teaching. The full report can be found here: http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/media/uploads/Music_Education_Hubs_2014_Report_final_March_2015.pdf.