Plan to track down European students who fail to repay loans

The Independent on Sunday reports that the Student Loans Company has employed private investigators to track down European Union graduates who have failed to repay their loans

European Union graduates owe £50 million in unpaid student loans, reports the Independent on Sunday. The problem appears to be small scale: "hundreds" of graduates have returned home and failed to supply any salary details or make any loan repayments. However the Student Loans Company is reported to have employed private investigators to track them down. Several MPs are concerned about the situation: Labour MP Frank Field and Tory MPs Andrew Percy and Rob Wilson are quoted in the piece, and Mr Field says that he will urge the National Audit Office to investigate the system by which the Student Loans Company keeps track of graduates who move abroad.

Elsewhere, Lord Browne, who led the review that led to undergraduate tuition fees rising to a maximum of £9,000 a year, and Michael Gove, the education secretary, are due to appear on the Andrew Marr show