Student grant firm axed over delays
Liberata, the contractor who is responsible for delivering student grants has been axed. This means that Liberata is not allowed to do the job anymore, instead Capita is taking over. The problem seems that Liberata had a huge delay and because of this some (future) students decided to drop out of school. These grants are especially meant for the poorer children, to keep them into school and support them to go to university. Starting from the 28th of November, Capita will try to work ahead on the delay so every student gets his grant.

At first, while I read this, I was thinking this was the same authority we have in Holland, the IB Group. But after doing some research there are some differences, for example; you are only allowed a grant if you are very poor and in Holland every student gets a grant, some more money, others less. The delay, made by Liberata, is not very nicely. All the children, who were depending on this, had to find one way or another to keep their monthly costs under control. As I understand, these children are very poor, and it must be a struggle to do so. Therefore I believe it is a good thing that Capita is taking over.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/latest/2008/11/19/student-grant-firm-axed-over-delays-115875-20908394/