§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will make it his policy to ring-fence funding at local education authority level for(a) inter-school instrumental teaching, (b) orchestras, (c) choirs and (d) chamber music.
§ Mr. Robin SquireMy right hon. Friend has no plans to change the current arrangements for funding school music at local education authority level. He considers it right that local authorities should determine the appropriate level of spending on music services in the light of their judgment of local needs and priorities and in the light of the demand from schools.