Issue 5: The Liberal Reforms 1906-1914 Flashcards
The Old
Who was entitled to the 1908 Pensions Act?
Paid to people over 70 years old.
Entitlement depended on income and those with an income of up to £21 a year were paid 5 shillings (25p) a week.
Married couples were given 7 shillings and 6d.
Less pension was paid to slightly higher earners and anyone with an income of over £31.50 got no pension.
The Old
What are two positive impacts of the 1908 Pensions Act?
It prevented the old from working past their limits therefore it helped prevent work related injuries.
It also prevented the old from going homeless thus it provided enough money for them to get by.
The Old
What are two negative impacts of the 1908 pensions act?
Very few poor people lived to the age of 70 thus making the act almost useless.
Many of the old were excluded from claiming pensions because they failed to meet the qualification rules therefore the act wasn’t helpful to all elderly.
The Young.
How did the 1906 Education Act help the young?
It permitted local authorities to provide free school meals for poor children
The Young
What is a positive impact of the 1906 education act?
It meant kids wouldn’t have to go an entire day without eating, therefore they would concentrate more in school which could result in more qualifications.
The Young
What is negative impact of the 1906 education act?
Since the poor children were fed at school it meant that their parents wouldn’t feed them at night to save money, therefore they still went hungry
The Young
What is a positive of the 1907 education act?
Charities and voluntary societies created a number of clinics and hospitals to help these children, therefore the act did provide some assistance for the young that were sick.
The Young
What did the 1907 Education Act do?
It set up a medical department to carry out medical inspections of all school children which revealed chronic health problems that were going unchecked as parents were too poor to pay for them.
The Young
What is a negative impacts of the 1907 education act?
The cost of medicines, hospital care, spectacles and even of travel to a hospital was a heavy burden for many parents, therefore the act wasn’t entire helpful.
The Young
What did the 1908 children’s act do?
This meant children weren’t allowed to beg and could be tried for offences in special courts and if found guilty they could be sent to borstals away from hardened adult criminals.
The Sick
What did the 1911 Insurance Act Part 1 do?
A system of national insurance was set up whereby insured workers could claim payment from the state in time of sickness.
This applies to workers earning £160 a year, this was paid for by the worker himself (4d per week), the employer (3d per week) and the state (2d per week)
The Sick
What is a negative impact of the 1911 Insurance Act part 1?
It only provided the workers with free medical examinations and not their families, therefore it wasn’t helpful because the workers wouldn’t necessarily be cured.
The Unemployed
What did the 1908 Labour Exchange Act do to help the unemployed?
It set up Labour exchanges that were similar to job centres and provided a place where the unemployed could find out what jobs were available in their area.
They provided washing facilities, clothes mending facilities and refreshments to make the exchanges attractive to workers.
The Unemployed
What is a negative of the 1908 Labour exchange act?
It did nothing to help those amongst the long term unemployed and it excluded many occupations. For most workers, no unemployment insurance scheme existed, therefore this didn’t make a huge impact for the unemployed.
The Unemployed
What did the 1911 insurance act part 2 do to help the unemployed?
It provided health insurance that was a combination of state help and contributions from the worker. Contributions came from employees (21/2d per week), the employed (21/2d per week) and the state (11/2d per week). An unemployed worker received 7s per week for up to 15 weeks.
