Legislation – Education and Skills Act 2008
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Part 1Duty to participate in education or training: England
Chapter 2F1local authorities and educational institutions etc
Information
14Educational institutions: duty to provide information
(1)
Relevant information about a pupil or student—
(a)
who is attending an educational institution in England, and
(b)
to whom this Part applies,
must, on request by a F1local authority in England, be provided by the responsible person to the authority.
(2)
A F1local authority may request information under subsection (1) only for the purpose of enabling or assisting it to exercise its functions under this Part.
(3)
For the purpose of subsection (1), “
relevant information
” means—
(a)
the name, address and date of birth of the pupil or student;
(b)
the name and address of a parent of the pupil or student;
(c)
information in the institution’s possession about the pupil or student.
(4)
Information within subsection (3)(c) must not be provided under subsection (1) if—
(a)
the pupil or student concerned, in the case of a pupil or student who has attained the age of 16, or
(b)
a parent of the pupil or student concerned, in the case of a pupil or student who has not attained the age of 16,
has instructed the responsible person not to provide information of that kind under this section.
(5)
In this section, “educational institution” and “responsible person” have the same meanings as in section 13.