Part 5Parts 2 to 4: supplementary

Information

122Sharing of information for education and training purposes

(1)

A person within subsection (3) may provide information to another person within that subsection, or a person within subsection (4), for the purpose of enabling or facilitating the exercise of any relevant function.

(2)

A person within subsection (4) may provide information to a person within subsection (3) for the purpose of enabling or facilitating the exercise of any relevant function.

(3)

The persons within this subsection are—

F1(a)

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(b)

the F2Secretary of State;

F3(c)

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F4(d)

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F5(e)

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(f)

a person providing services to F6the Secretary of State

F7(fa)

a combined authority established under section 103 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

(fb)

a person providing services to a combined authority;

F8(fc)

a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;

(fd)

a person providing services to a combined county authority;

F9(g)

the F10Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.

(4)

The persons within this subsection are—

(a)

a F11local authority in England;

(b)

a person providing services to a F11local authority in England F12in connection with its education functions.

(5)

In subsections (1) and (2), “relevant function” means—

F13(a)

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(b)

any function of the F14Secretary of State relating to education or training, F15...

(ba)

any function of F16the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education, F17...

(c)

any education function of a local authority in England, F18...

F19(d)

any function of a combined authority under Part 4 that is exercisable by it by virtue of an order under section 105A of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 F20, or

(e)

any function of a combined authority under Part 4 that is exercisable by it by virtue of regulations made under section 19(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.

other than a function under this section.

F21(6)

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(7)

Nothing in this section—

(a)

affects any power to disclose information that exists apart from this section, or

(b)

authorises the disclosure of any information in contravention of any provision made by or under any Act which prevents disclosure of the information.