Britain (Essay 5) Flashcards
What were the provisions in the School Meals Act 1907?
This Act permitted (but did not compel) local authorities to provide school meals for needy children.
Knowledge relating to the School Meals act
By 1913, there were 310,000 free school meals being given out daily, including during holidays.
What is the counter knowledge to the Young paragraph?
However In 1913 Over half of the local authorities in England and Wales were not involved in the scheme.
Evaluation of the Reforms to help the young.
Children’s Charter 1908, banned children from doing certain things and stopped adults form treating kids in certain ways and overall the Liberals caused a significant change in attitudes towards children.
What were the provisions of the Old Age pensions Act 1908?
The Act provided for a non-contributory old age pension for people over the age of seventy
Knowledge relating to the Old Age Pensions Act 1908
Single people over 70 could receive 5 shillings per week as long as their annual Income was not more than £21
Counter knowledge for the Old paragraph
The minimum age for the pension to be received was 70 years old and around this time only 25% of the population was living to 70.
Evaluation for the Old Paragraph
pensions were denied to any old person who had habitually failed to work and who had been in prison in the last 10 years, which meant that many of the poorest were denied a pension.
What were the provisions of the National Insurance Act (Part 1) of 1911?
The Act meant that the worker,employer and government would contribute money into the system each week for every worker earning under £160 per year.
Knowledge related to the Sick paragraph
If the Worker became ill, they were entitled to benefit from the fourth day of absence from work.
Counter knowledge to the Sick Paragraph
However, if the worker died there was no pension for the widow.
Evaluation for the sick paragraph
Less successful than the reforms for the young
- Did not help worker’s wife and family
- School meals act helped the most impoverished.
Knowledge relating to the Unemployed paragraph
Labour exchanges would have information about some of the job vacancies in the area
- Labour exchanges would match employers and employees more efficiently.
counter knowledge for unemployed paragraph
Registering in the labour exchanges was voluntary for both the employer and the worker so not all vacancies were reported and many of these vacancies were in skilled jobs, which didn’t help those who made a living off of manual labour jobs.
Evaluation for the Unemployed paragraph
Less successful than the reforms for the young
The National insurance act 1911 (part 2) mentioned that unemployment insurance did not cover all types of workers and stopped paying out after 15 weeks if the worker remained unemployed. This did not help as many in poverty as the Medical Inspections of 1907 did which said all children were to be medically inspected.
