Part 3: Other Provision to do with Further Education Section 40: Information for Secretary of State about further education
Section 40 amends section 54 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 in respect of England to ensure that the Secretary of State can obtain information from providers of further education who receive funding from combined authorities.
	The purpose of the changes is to ensure that following any transfer from the Secretary of State to a combined authority of statutory functions relating to the provision of further education, the Secretary of State can continue obtain information about further education from providers of further education who will, from then onwards, receive funding from a combined authority rather than from the Secretary of State.
	This will enable the continuation of current arrangements to gather data on further education in England and will enable the gathering and publication of consistent and comparable data on the operation of the further education system across England, as has been the case before any transfer of functions and funding to combined authorities.
	Section 40 also sets out the unchanged arrangements in respect of Wales.