creating a welfare state 1918-39+ 1945-51

Question 1

what was the 1921 unemployment act

Answer 1

• The Act was a universal benefit - allowed the eligibilty for all men - for the first time women recieved 60%
• not means tested + people no longer had to pay in to recieve benefits

Question 2

As a result of this

Answer 2

The act allowed for a massive increase in welfare provision

Question 3

Because

Answer 3

It had ensured unemployed have a decent standard of living

Question 4

what was the 1931 Act

Answer 4

• the governmentt made 10% cuts
• reintroduced means test
• the governmets aim was to reduce the number of people elegible for benefits

Question 5

Why?

Question 6

thefore what did the 1931 act cause

Answer 6

-the 1931 Act excasberated hardships for those living in deprived parts of britain
- resulted in 3 million unemployed during the great depression

Question 7

what was the 1934 unemployment assistance act

Answer 7

• improved + reformed from the 1931 act by reversing the 10% cuts
• followed an insurance based system- pay in to recevie benefits

Question 8

how did the 1934 act have a significant / beneficial impact

Answer 8

• ## 14 million people who paid in - 6 months of benefit payments

Question 9

The negative of the 1934 Act

Answer 9

• a large number of people people couldn’t afford to pay in to receieve benefits
• welfare provision didn’t improve for all-

Question 10

what was the pensions act

Answer 10

• The Act targeted many elderly people who lived in poverty
• allowed them amongst widows and orphans to claim 10 shillings a week

Question 11

therfore why did the pensions act improve welfare provision

Answer 11

• increased welfare provision as government were protecting elderly who had been working all their life

Question 12

what was the bedvrige report 1942

Answer 12

• commissioned report on how to improve welfare provion after the war so britain wouldn’t follow the social +poverty problems from 1930’s great depression

Question 13

who was bedvrige and what was his aim?

Answer 13

• bedvrige was a liberal and social reformer
• aim was on wanting welfare to be ‘universal’ system not a piecemeal system

Question 14

what did bedvrige identify

Answer 14

• bedvridge identified the main areas to tackle know as ‘ 5 giants stalking the land’

Question 15

why was there an introduction of the welfare state 1945-51

Answer 15

-under atlee labour’s government
- enforced new forms of social welfare policies- to combat 5 giants

Question 16

what was the national health service act-1948 (to solve disease)

Answer 16

-established in 1948
-paid by national insurance
-free to the point of delivery
-( hospitals,docters,dentist, opticians)
-solved the problem of disease - everyone had access
-improvements in all sectors
-paid for by N.I

Question 17

New towns act-1946 ( to solve housing)

Answer 17

Created 14 new towns across Britain
- designed to relieve overcrowded

Question 18

Nationalisation+ full employment ( to solve idlness)

Answer 18

• to tackle unemployment- labour govt nationalised key industries steel,coal,iron,electricity,railway+ gas industries
  -to bring private businesses under govt ownership
  -given subsidies to nationalise industies

Question 19

what did this policy allow

Answer 19

• allowed space for an increase in employment
• opportunities for those who were unemployed
• +focused on a policy of full employment

Question 20

overall

Answer 20

-introduction of the welfare state 1945-51 allowed atlee’s labour government to reform the piecemeal system and combat bedvrige’s 5 giants .

Question 21

moreover what did it do for families

Answer 21

• the welfare state provided a safety net for famillies and protected them ensuring a minimum standard of living
• thefore welfare provision increased as it helped support famillies