Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 30429

Financial Services: Further Education

Tabled: 10 February 2025
Answered: 4 March 2025

Question

Mr Peter Bedford

ConservativeMid Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has she made of the adequacy of the level of financial education for students in post-16 educational settings.

Answer

Janet Daby
Financial education is integrated into the curriculum at key stages 3 and 4 through citizenship education and elements of the mathematics curriculum but is not compulsory at key stage 5. However, post-16 education providers are free to teach it if they wi...

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