Part 1: Skills and Education for Work Technical education qualifications Section 11: Information sharing in relation to technical education qualifications
Subsection (1) states that this section inserts new section 40AB into ASCL 2009. It supports effective collaboration between Ofqual and other bodies with functions in relation to technical education qualifications, by introducing information-sharing provisions similar to those relating to the Institute under section 40AA of ASCL 2009. Ofqual and the Institute are already able to share information with each other under section 40AA of ASCL 2009. The provision under new section 40AB will enable Ofqual to share information with other relevant bodies.
	Subsection (2) sets out that in new inserted section 40AB:
Ofqual may disclose information to a relevant person for the purpose of a relevant function. A relevant person may also disclose information to Ofqual for the same reasoning.
A "relevant person" is specified as the Secretary of State, the OfS, Ofsted and a prescribed person.
A "relevant function" is in relation to the Secretary of State, Ofqual, the OfS or Ofsted, a technical education function of that body so far as the function relates to England. With reference to a "prescribed person", this is a prescribed technical education function of that person, so far as the function relates to England.
Ofqual, the OfS and Ofsted have the same meanings as in section 40AA of ASCL 2009 and "technical education function" means a function that relates to technical education qualifications approved, or that may be approved, by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education under section A2D3 or A2D5.
	Subsection (3) inserts "Technical Education Qualifications" in the heading of Part 1A, after "Apprenticeships".
	Subsection (4) inserts "(azb) regulations under section 40AB;" in section 262 (orders and regulations), subsection (6), after the paragraph.