The Government agrees that helping parents with their learning can benefit pupils and is committed to supporting adults of all ages to improve their literacy and numeracy, as well as the essential digital and life skills they need to access the labour market. We are committed to achieving a step change in the take-up of adult learning to support this. We have already introduced reforms to the adult education system and delivered new and improved qualifications, ensuring that adults can access the skills they need to progress in work and life. The Lifelong Learning Entitlement will be a radical new system for how people can fund education and training throughout their lives. It will enable people to access flexible learning in modules and at different stages of their lives, rather than just full degrees. It will enable individuals to build up learning over time and across institutions as their career develops, helping more people, including disadvantaged adults and parents, to access the learning they need. The Lifelong Learning Entitlement will be in place by 2025. As part of our White Paper, Skills for Jobs: Lifelong Learning for Opportunity and Growth, we are continuing to fund adults to achieve their first Level 3 qualification (equivalent to A-levels), providing qualifications which can open the door to a better job, higher wages and career progression. We will also introduce a digital Lifelong Loan Entitlement, to allow learners to access up to four years of student finance (equivalent to £37,000 in today’s money) for flexible courses from 2025. This will make it easier for people to get the training they need and to retrain at any point in their lives, no matter their age or how many hours they work. We have also announced a £2.5 billion National Skills Fund which will help adults to train and gain the valuable skills they need to improve their job prospects. This funding aims to boost the supply of highly skilled workers that businesses need for the economy to grow. To ensure that all young children have the best start in life, we are supporting eligible parents to take part in free numeracy and literacy courses where these are offered. Our Family Learning projects focus on strengthening parents’ abilities to support children’s learning and development, as well as helping them to acquire new skills themselves. Our ‘What Works Fund’ provides targeted support to parents to improve their skills where this also improves their children’s outcomes. In addition, we continue to invest in our free early education entitlements, and we are championing Family Hubs, as described in the response to recommendation 6, to support all parents and children, including disadvantaged White families. We are delivering the ‘Start for Life’ offer to transform outcomes for babies and young children, through improved family support in the critical 1,001 days from conception to age 2. We will also continue to promote the effective use of the Pupil Premium to support pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.