BRIT 5 Liberal

Question 1

Young KU

Answer 1

Medical Inspections Act 1907 - height weight eyes etc 3x a year
Childrens Act 1908 - designed to protect from neglect + abuse
No living on streets with no food or education

Question 2

Young A

Answer 2

1912 set up free clinics in schools
650,000/1.9 mil needed health attention
Anyone under 16 from smoking, drinking, begging

Question 3

Young A+

Answer 3

Not treated until 1912
Cost too much on government so nothing was done
Shop owners still sold alcohol etc to under 16s for any profit
Laws difficult to enforce

Question 4

Young E

Answer 4

Free School Meals Act 1906 local authorities provide free school meals for poor children
Tax parents 1d
3 mil - 1906
9 mil - 1910
Improved growth/weight

Question 5

old KU

Answer 5

Rowntree identified old age caused poverty
Elders relied on charity/family which was unreliable
Old Age Pension Act 1908 = poverty in elderly decrease

Question 6

old A

Answer 6

70+ = 5s a week if annual income not over £21
Married = 7s
Collected from post office
Removed shame of getting it from workhouses

Question 7

old A+

Answer 7

Minimum amount Rowntree identified to survive not reached
Suggested 21s which was 4x more
Life expectancy lower than 70 at the time
45 men 48 women

Question 8

old E

Answer 8

1914 = 1 mill got pension
Proclaimed “God bless Lloyd George!” who was Chancellor for Liberals
No expectations or contributions from elders

Question 9

sick KU

Answer 9

Tuberculosis killed 75,000
Couldn’t afford treatment so spiral into poverty
National Insurance Act 1911 - prevent sick being in poverty
Contributory

Question 10

sick A

Answer 10

Maternity leave - 30s
If sick - pay for fist 26 weeks of illness
Prevented illness and poverty at once

Question 11

sick A+

Answer 11

Once 26 weeks up, worker had no income to rely on
Insured person only got benefits
No support for those who got passed the disease (family etc)
No widows or orphans

Question 12

sick E

Answer 12

Workmen’s Compensation Act 1906 - protection for 13 mil workers
Accident not their fault
After 1 week = entitled to compensation worth half their pay until fit

Question 13

unemployed KU

Answer 13

quickly plunge into poverty
National Insurance Act 1911 part 2 - tackled problem in industries with short-term contracts
Shipbuilding, construction, mechanical engineering
Weekly contributions

Question 14

unemployed A

Answer 14

Prevented immediate poverty
Weeks benefit paid for every five weeks of contributions
15 weeks to find employment

Question 15

unemployed A+

Answer 15

Benefit only available in certain trades
No cover for the rest of the family
Revoked if sacked
Helping out of own pay, so resented

Question 16

unemployed E

Answer 16

Labour Exchanges 1909 - employers registered vacancies
Workers registered work
Matched the two efficiently
No walking or waiting