Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her department holds on musical instrument take up by secondary school children by social class in England.

The information requested is not held centrally.

To support music education, the government has committed £76 million per year grant funding for the Music Hubs programme, including the 2025/26 academic year. The 43 Music Hub partnerships across England offer a range of services, including instrumental music tuition and instrument loans. To widen access to instruments, the government is also investing £25 million in capital funding for musical instruments, equipment and technology across the 2024/25 and 2025/26 academic years.