54 Duty to give information.E+W
[(1)Each of the following must give the Secretary of State such information as the Secretary of State may require for purposes connected with further education—
(a)a local authority in England,
(b)the governing body of any institution maintained by a local authority in England,
(c)the governing body of a city technology college in England, a city college for the technology of the arts in England or an Academy,
(d)the governing body of any institution in England within the further education sector or the higher education sector, and
(e)any person or body who—
(i)provides further education, and
(ii)is receiving or has received funding to do so from the Secretary of State, a local authority in England [, a combined authority established under section 103 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 or a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023].
(2)Each of the following must give the Welsh Ministers such information as the Welsh Ministers may require for the purposes of the exercise of any of the Welsh Ministers' functions under any enactment—
(a)a local authority,
(b)the governing body of any institution maintained by a local authority, and
(c)the governing body of any institution within the further education sector or the higher education sector.]
[(3)] Such information relating to the provision which has been made by a [local authority] in respect of any pupil at an institution as the authority may require for the purposes of claiming any amount in respect of the pupil from another authority under [regulations under section 492 or 493 of the Education Act 1996] shall, where the institution becomes an institution within the further education sector, be provided to the authority by the governing body of the institution.