Question reference: S6W-01726
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 21 July 2021
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Current status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 30 July 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many school children receive instrumental music tuition, and what percentage this is of the total number of school children.
Answer
According to the latest information available from the Improvement Service report on Instrumental Music Services, 56,198 pupils received instrumental music lessons from their local authority service at some point in 2019-20. This equates to around 8.1% of all Scottish school pupils.