Ivan Lewis, Minister for Young People and Adult Skills, said that 1.6 billion has been invested in the DfES's Skills for Life strategy to help adults with literacy. When it launched the Get On campaign two years ago the government set itself the target of raising the literacy skills of 750,000 adults by 2004 and 1.5 million by 2007. So far the campaign has helped more than 100,000 adults improve their reading skills.
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