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<p>The department has a long-term commitment to ensuring that high-quality dance and
music education is not the preserve of the elite, but the entitlement of every single
child.</p><p>The Music and Dance Scheme (MDS) allows exceptionally talented children
to attend specialist music and dance education providers. The scheme provides bursaries
and grants totalling around £30 million per annum to children and young people with
exceptional potential, regardless of their personal circumstances, to benefit from
world-class specialist music or dance training.</p><p>The department regularly assesses
the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of all programmes, including the MDS. The
department is working with MDS providers to improve the information collected from
them each year, so future assessments can be improved.</p><p>Following the Spending
Review, the department will continue to invest around £115 million per annum in cultural
education over the next three years, though our music, arts and heritage programmes,
and this includes the Music and Dance Scheme.</p>
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