The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) initiative, which was announced by junior schools minister Lord Andrew Adonis in 2006, aimed to train 2,000 primary school music teachers in an effort to encourage more children to play musical instruments.
But the Conservatives have criticised the scheme after it emerged it had only had 915 successful applicants and complained about the government's decision last November to provide a further £3m for the project over three years.
Shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt said: "This government is obsessed with announcing more and more well-meaning initiatives yet this one has fallen far short of its expectations. If a scheme flops then why continue funding it and, more importantly, what has happened to any money that was left over?"
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