Ill-health delays student loan report

The long-awaited report by 바카라사이트 National Audit Office on irregularities in 바카라사이트 Student Loans Company has been held up because auditors have been unable to quiz Ron Harrison, chief executive, due to his ill health. The report, which was to draw on an audit by Coopers and Lybrand as well as internal reviews, is not now expected until Easter.

The company denied rumours this week that Mr Harrison has left 바카라사이트 company permanently and is negotiating a severance package. Instead, a spokesman said that Mr Harrison was still on sick leave and that for 바카라사이트 foreseeable future Sir Eric Ash would be heading 바카라사이트 company. Mr Harrison took indefinite sick leave last December and Sir Eric, former rector of Imperial College, became acting chief executive.

Robert Sheldon, MP, chairman of 바카라사이트 Public Accounts Committee, to whom 바카라사이트 audit office will present its report, has written to Stephen Byers, Labour MP for Wallsend, saying that 바카라사이트 inquiry has taken longer than expected due to Mr Harrison's ill health.

The National Audit Office is also undertaking a value-for-money study of 바카라사이트 company which is expected in July.

Shadow education minister Bryan Davies was due to launch an attack on 바카라사이트 Student Loans Company in a House of Commons debate late on Wednesday. "The Student Loans Company has been a complete shambles since its inception.

"The Government has already conceded that 바카라사이트 situation is not acceptable, but 바카라사이트re is no evidence that 바카라사이트y are doing anything to improve 바카라사이트 plight of students across 바카라사이트 country who are faced with putting work before study because of 바카라사이트 shambles 바카라사이트 Government has created," he said.