Question reference: S6W-26019
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 8 March 2024
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Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 25 March 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how many (a) students have received and (b) music tutors have provided free music tuition, in each year since 2021.
Answer
The most recent Instrumental Music Survey published by the Improvement Service in December 2023 holds this information. Page 9 provides figures on students receiving free instrumental music tuition and Page 18 provides the number of music tutors. For ease of reference, this has been set out in the following tables.
Number of instrumental music pupils
2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 |
41,594 | 56,138 | 61,715 |
Total Instructor Numbers
Year | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 |
FTE | 617.5 | 620.1 | 625.463 |