2.1- Provision of welfare improve 1918-39 Flashcards
P1:
P2
P3
Improvements to unemployment provision- YES
Improvements to housing provision- YES
Remaining problems and limitations- economic context = priotise spending cuts - NO
P1 evidence
- ST solution
LT solution
2.Unemployment Act (1934)
What did the National Insurance act 1911 mean for soldiers?
3.5 million soldiers were no longer eligible because they had been out of the country for too long:
What was the ST solution for the soldiers thT WERE NO longer eligible?
Out of Work Donation (1918-20):
Non means tested payment to returning troops= dole money
Important of out of work donation ?
n set an important precedent = the government was taking responsibility for helping the unemployed
What ACt the long term solution of the returning soldiers that were no longer eligible?
Unemployment Insurance Act (1920):
extended non-means tested unemployment assistance to 11.4 million workers (up from 4 million
What fraction of the population were now covered by the new unemployment insurance ?
2/3
what was the aim of the unemployment act 1934?
radically overhaul the existing system of unemployment provision to cope with the increased demand:
what did the unemployment act introduce and for who?
introduced six months of unemployment insurance for the 14.5 million workers who paid into the scheme
what did the unemployment act create ?
Unemployment Assistance Board (UAB)
provide benefit to those with no entitlement to unemployment insurance
The UAB meant tht a worker expericency LT…
unemployment
-eligible to get means tested support
By 1937 the UAB provided lt unemployment benefits to how many
over 1 million
P2 evidnece?
- Housing and Town Planning Act (1919)
2.
Subsequent legislation by both Labour and Conservative governments provided central government funding (in the form of subsidies) to the construction industry to encourage house-building:
-Housing Act (1923 and 1924 AND 1930
Why did the governement become increasingly involved in the provison of housing for the public after post war?
demand for housing grew, governments were increasingly under pressure to provide good quality housing.
Who promised to build ‘ Homes fir for heroes’?
Lloyd George
How many homes did Lyoid geroge aim to build?
600,000
What act empowered local government to build good quality housing using funds supplied from central government
?
Housing and towns planning act 1919
what important Principe to the housing and towns planning act 1919 establish ?
housing was a social necessity and it was the responsibility of government to ensure that enough houses, of good quality, were built
what two acts were passed by L and C parties?
Housing act 1923 and 24
Hosuing act 1930
What did the Housing act 1923/24 increase?
increase subsidies from central gov
encouhge private housing construction = increase no. og homes made
what did the 1930 housing act provide?
government funding to local authorities
re-house people in new suburbs and housing estates created on the outskirts of urban centres such as Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool
as a result of the Hosuing acts how many homes were built between 1920- 40?
5 million
P3: evidence
- Lloyd George’s government were unable to truly deliver on the promise of ‘Homes Fit for Heroes’:- Geddes Axe= cuts
- cut to unemployment benefits
2.
How many homes were built before Lloyd George initiated sweeping spending cuts ?
213,000
