28(1)Section 40 (provision of information) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1), omit “and the Training and Development Agency for Schools”.
(3)After subsection (1B) insert—
“(1C)The Secretary of State may provide the Director with information for the purposes of the exercise by the Director of the Director’s functions.”
(4)In subsection (2)—
(a)for “Training and Development Agency for Schools” substitute “Secretary of State”;
(b)for “the Agency” substitute “the Secretary of State”;
(c)for “either of those bodies for the purposes of its functions” substitute “—
(a)the Council for the purposes of its functions, or
(b)the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Secretary of State’s functions relating to training for members of the school workforce (within the meaning of Part 3 of the 2005 Act).”