Social reforms 1906-1914 Flashcards
(43 cards)
What was the state pension for a) a single person and b) a married couple?
a)5/s a week for single person
b)7s 6d married couple
What were the conditions regarding a) age, b) means and c) character to be met before anyone could receive state?
a) 70 above
b) Had to be on less than £31 pa
c)Record of work,no external poor relief or imprisonment (character requirement abolished by 1914)
Identify one measurement to be used to assess the generosity or otherwise of the state pension?
-Less than the poverty line of Booth: £50 pa was needed as a living wage
-Was less than NI payments: very small pension
How many people received state pension in 1915?
-1 million
Use two statistics to assess the effect of the state pension on Poor law relief?
1) Removed 122,000 but 300,000 remained in receipt of relief
Were state pensions based on contibutions?
-No; entirely on taxes
What is the name and date of the national insurance legislation responsible unemployment?
-National Insurance Act (Unemployment) 1911
Who made the contributions and how much to the National Insurance Unemployment Act?
-Employer, worker and government contribute into insurance fund
-Each paying 2d per weekW
What types of industry and workers were covered by unemployment insurance?
-Insured trades: Building and ship-building
How many workers were covered by national insurance for unemployment?
2.25m
What sorts of unemployment was the legislation designed to cover?
-Cyclical, frictional and seasonal: short term unemployment
How much unemployment benefit would an insured worker receive and for how long?
-7s/ week for 15 weeks
What is the name and date of the national insurance legislation responsible for illness?
National Insurance (sickness) 1911
National Insurance for sickness only covered workers who earned less than what?
-£160 pa
Who made contributions and for how much?
-insured worker-4d
employer-3d
government-2d
How much would a worker receive under the sickness NI act and for how long
-10s for 13 weeks
-5s per week for a further 13 weeks (26 weeks = max)
How many workers were covered by NI for illness?
-13m/45m pop
Did national insurance for sickness cover the family of an insured worker?
-No just covered the insured worker, not the dependents
How much did NI for sickness benefit a married woman?
-Maternity grant of 30s
What is the name and date of the education legislation that introduced free school meals for poor children?
-Education (school feeding) act 1906
Identify two examples of statistical evidence to assess the extent of such free school meal.
-1913: only 50% of LEA’s provided free school meals
-1914: 14m free school meals = extent of child proverty
a)What is the name and date of the education legislation that introduced school medical inspections and b) were they compulsive or permissive?
a)Education Act 1907
b) compulsive
Use both qualitative and statistical points to assess the effectiveness of medical inspections of school children?
-cursory check,
-no free healthcare
-3/4s of LEA’s implementing free inspection
What did 3 or 4 topics relating to childhood did the liberals also reform
-Distinct legal treatment: illegal to buy tobacco and alcohol
