(1)Any of the persons or bodies mentioned in subsection (2) may supply information about a person to a local education authority in England for the purpose of enabling or assisting the authority to exercise its functions under this Part.
(2)Those persons and bodies are—
(a)a local authority,
(b)the Learning and Skills Council for England,
(c)a Primary Care Trust,
(d)a Strategic Health Authority,
(e)a chief officer of police,
(f)a provider of probation services,
(g)a local probation board, and
(h)a youth offending team.
(3)In this section—
“local probation board” means a local probation board established under section 4 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43);
“youth offending team” means a team established under section 39 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37).