We are spending more on adult learning than ever before, with over £3 billion in 2007-08 invested through the LSC.
Our priority is to help low skilled adults, with 1 million more adults now with essential employability skills and more than 1.6 million having gained Skills for Life qualifications. Lord Leitch’s Review recommended an ambition that the UK becomes world class in skills by 2020. We accept that ambition and will publish our response shortly.