It is still too early to tell whether these policies are working to boost basic skills among this age group, but relative to 2014, there were over 4 000 more passes in English and over 7 500 more passes in maths than in 2015 (BIS, 2016). For adults with low basic skills, free further education in maths and English continues to be available to anyone who has not achieved Level 2 in these subjects. In 2015/16, the government funded 803 800 adult learners to participate in English, maths or English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) course. An evaluation of this policy finds that learners who achieve Level 2 in English and/or maths will earn 11% more than someone who did not succeed in passing the same course (BIS, 2016b).