effectiveness of liberal reforms Flashcards
the young knowledge
1906 Education (Provision of Meals) Act.
1906 Education (Provision of Meals) Act provided free school meals for children which was paid for by local tax.
Children Act 1908 (The Children’s Charter) where it became an offence for parents to neglect their children.
the young analysis
1906 Education (Provision of Meals ) Act gave 3 million children free school meals and this increased to 14 million by 1914.
the young analysis plus
the act was not compulsory so by 1913, over 50% of local authorities still did not supply free school meals.
the old knowledge
1908 Old Age Pensions Act gave pensioners a pension that they didn’t need to contribute to as it was paid for through taxes.
pensioners collected their government mandated money at the post office.
pensions that were received by the old were on a sliding scale as they were paid between 1 and 5 shillings.
the old analysis
the reform served to highlight the level and scale of poverty. The government expected half a million people to apply, yet by 1914 it was 1 million.
the old analysis plus
the pension was too little to live on and was below the minimum that Rowntree had identified was needed to stay out of poverty.
the sick knowledge
1911 National Insurance Act (Part 1).
1911 National Insurance Act (Part 1) promised to pay workers who were off work due to illness and made it so insured workers were entitled to some free health care.
this insured workers were entitled to 30s of Maternity Pay for each child.
the sick analysis
the reform ensured families did not immediately fall into poverty if the main wage earner fell ill.
the sick analysis plus
the reform wasn’t intended to cover all types of unemployment and only applied to a limited number of industries: building, mechanical engineering, shipbuilding, iron founding, saw milling and vehicle construction.
