impact of government legislation

Question 1

adoption and children act (2002)

Answer 1

changed the law on adoption to give unmarried cohabiting couples, including gay couples, the right to adoption on the same basis as married couples.

Question 2

the civil partnership act (2004)

Answer 2

enabled same-sex couples to obtain legal recognition of their relationship by forming a civil partnership.

Question 3

the marriage (same sex couples) act 2013

Answer 3

allowed for same sex couples to solemnise marriages in accordance with civil marriage laws.

Question 4

the divorce reform act (1969)

Answer 4

enabled a ‘no fault’ divorce to be requested. This meant that an individual did not need grounds, such as adultery or abandonment, in order to get divorced.

Question 5

The CSA 1993

Answer 5

intention was to force absent fathers to take financial responsibility for their children. mothers lose state benefits as fathers are made to pay.

Question 6

education and skills act 2008

Answer 6

the extension of the age by which students are legally ‘allowed’ to leave full time education or training was extended from 16 to 18 years of age and came into force in the academic year 2015.

Question 7

child benefit

Answer 7

a monthly allowance paid to you for each child

Question 8

care in the community

Answer 8

Margaret Thatcher: Its general aim was a more cost-effective way of helping people with mental health problems and physical disabilities, by removing them from institutions, and caring for them in their own homes. This policy was to engage a mixed economy of care - including the state, private companies and charities,