Coming out of the languages recession

For several years, the UK has been floundering in a languages recession. When the gravity of it became clear, a series of government interventions was launched, especially in England and Wales. The question is whether these have been effective and whether they can now be withdrawn. In fact the interventions have been effective in stemming the decline, but the recovery is still fragile. We can see green shoots, like the bottoming out of the decline at GCSE and A level. But it is still not a full-blown recovery.