Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what timeline is for the development and delivery of the new National Plan for Music Education.

The Government is committed to ensuring that all children and young people have access to a good quality music education.

On 6 August 2021, the Department announced plans to work with a panel of experts from across the music education sector to develop a refreshed National Plan for Music Education. This will shape the future of music education, and follows the publication of the non-statutory Model Music Curriculum for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 on 26 March 2021.

The Department also published our music education consultation report, which will help to inform the refreshed National Plan. The plan will be published early next year. The timeline for the delivery will be published as part of the National Plan.