{"value":{"id":178294,"askingMemberId":150,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2015-02-06T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2015-02-11T00:00:00","uin":"223727","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on increasing participation in (a) music, (b) drama, (c) dance and (d) art at secondary school level.","answeringBodyId":10,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Culture, Media and Sport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1580,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2015-02-11T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>My Right. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and my Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education recently announced an additional £109 million for music and cultural education for 2015/16 taking the amount invested in music and cultural education in this Parliament to over £400 million.</p><p> </p><p>This includes a further £200,000 of Government funding for the National Youth Dance Company which was created following the reviews of cultural education commissioned by this Government. The Company provides talented performers across the country aged between 16 to 19 with intensive training and performance opportunities led by acclaimed choreographers.</p><p> </p><p>There will also be £1 million of funding for the BFI Film Academy which will help to train the next generation of talented film makers aged 16 to 19 through high quality local and residential courses. ​</p><p> </p><p>I jointly chair the Cultural Education Board with the Schools Minister and Darren Henley, author of reports into music and cultural education. Good progress has been made against the reports' recommendations.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Arts: Secondary Education","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/178294","method":"GET"}]}