governments and social policy

Question 1

Policies that shaped family structure:

Answer 1

• 2 child tax credit cap
• civil partnership act
• equal marriage act
• married couples tax allowance

Question 2

Policies that shaped roles and responsibilities within the family:

Answer 2

• longer maternity leave
• shared parental leave
• working family tax credits
• equal pay act

Question 3

Policies that changed the position of women:

Answer 3

• parenting order
• the childrens act
• child support agency
• illegitimate children given the same rights as those to married couples

Question 4

2 child tax credit cap (Year, Party, What did it do? How did it impact the family?)

Question 5

Civil Partnership act (Year, Party, What did it do? How did it impact the family?)

Question 6

Equal Marriage act (Year, Party, What did it do? How did it impact the family?)

Question 7

Married couple’s tax allowance (Year, Party, What did it do? How did it impact the family?)

Question 8

Longer maternity pay (Year, Party, What did it do? How did it impact the family?)

Question 9

Shared parental leave (Year, Party, What did it do? How did it impact the family?)

Question 10

Working family tax credits (Year, Party, What did it do? How did it impact the family?)

Question 11

Equal pay act (Year, Party, What did it do? How did it impact the family?)

Question 12

Parenting order (Year, Party, What did it do? How did it impact the family?)

Question 13

The child support agency (Year, Party, What did it do? How did it impact the family?)

Question 14

The childrens act (Year, Party, What did it do? How did it impact the family?)

Question 15

Illegitimate children given the same rights as married couples children (Year, Party, What did it do? How did it impact the family?)

Question 16

Other policies:

Question 17

Beverage Report Act 1942

Question 18

Divorce reform act 1969

Question 19

Legalization of the contraceptive pill 1967