The Government has transformed instrumental music tuition in Scotland’s schools by supporting councils to eradicate unfair music tuition charges, and it has invested £39 million in the policy since 2021. The most recent instrumental music services survey confirmed that more than 61,000 pupils participated in instrumental music lessons in the academic year 2022-23, which is the highest number since the annual survey began 11 years ago. Those figures alone speak for themselves on the importance that the Scottish Government places on instrumental music.