Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:36 pm on 25 April 2018.
There's no doubt that in terms of what we'd like to do, we'd like to have put a lot more money into adult community learning, but that's been really difficult when we've seen a £1.4 billion cut from the UK Tory Government. So, that's been the problem for us. But let me be clear that, in deciding then what our priorities should be, we have concentrated on the importance of training people up for employment. We've concentrated on basic skills in particular, on core skills to encourage people to learn English, for those who have it as a second language, and really making sure that we have those essential skills that allow people to access the workplace.