Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve awareness of (a) blockchains and (b) Non-Fungible Tokens in schools.

Education on financial matters helps to ensure that young people are prepared to manage their money well, make sound financial decisions and know where to seek further information when needed. Pupils receive financial education through the National Curriculum for mathematics and citizenship which, for secondary school-aged pupils, includes compulsory content covering the functions and uses of money, financial products and services, and the need to understand financial risk.

Schools have flexibility over how they design their curricula, and can tailor it to the needs of their pupils.

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPs) published financial education guidance for primary and secondary schools in England in November 2021 to support school leaders to enhance their financial education provision.

The department will continue to work closely with the MaPs and other stakeholders such as HM Treasury to support the teaching of financial education to children and young people, including novel financial products.