Using findings from research and evaluation is essential to facilitate evidence-informed decision making across the adult learning and skills sector. This is especially pertinent at a time of rapid and far reaching change in how adult education is funded, commissioned and delivered. It is important to understand how and in what ways evidence is considered by commissioners, policymakers and practitioners to inform their decision making about existing and future approaches to delivering meaningful outcomes for learners. Department for Education (DfE) have funded this project to better understand how organisations and institutions across the adult learning and skills sector engage with and use research and evidence to inform their decision making. The project will help to inform the Department as to how organisations in the learning and skills sector could be better supported to use evidence informed approaches, and how future research and outputs can be created to encourage effective evidence use. Findings indicate: (1) There is a clear need for the creation of a central evidence hub that collates and reviews existing evidence in the adult learning and skills sector; (2) Mechanisms for cooperation and collaboration should be created to support knowledge building, trial development and future evidence generation across the learning and skills sector; (3) The development of toolkits and training that aim to improve organisational capacity would support evidence informed decision making; and (4) Research and evidence generated by government and other organisations should continue to make efforts to produce outputs that support clear translation of findings and facilitate effective dissemination.