Libeal Reforms

Question 1

Free school meals

Answer 1

1906

Question 2

Meals positive

Answer 2

Children one decent meal a day, solved malnutrition, 1914=14 million meals served

Question 3

Meals negative

Answer 3

Permissive, didn’t need to force, variation ( some soup some big meal)

Question 4

Medical inspections

Answer 4

1907

Question 5

Inspections posotive

Answer 5

Checks what’s wrong with kids

Question 6

Inspections negative

Answer 6

No treatment until 1912

Question 7

School clinics

Answer 7

1912

Question 8

Clinics posotive

Answer 8

Provide treatment to kids, set idea for intervention, for some it did help

Question 9

Clinics negative

Answer 9

Expensive and vary, holistic treatment( general)

Question 10

Children and young person act

Answer 10

1908

Question 11

Young person posotive

Answer 11

Gave kids special status as protected and then prosecuted parents for neglect, make sure they don’t die for money, special prisons for kids, limit sale of tobacco and alcohol

Question 12

Old age pensions

Answer 12

1908

Question 13

Pensions posotive

Answer 13

People over 70 get pension, 5 shillings solo, 7.6 couple, remove fear of workhouse, didn’t have to pay towards it, helped poverty, lord george, better than workhouse,

Question 14

Pensions negative

Answer 14

70 too high, many didn’t make it until then, amount below the poverty line, refused to people who didn’t work hard enough, not universal or adequate

Question 15

Labour exchanges

Answer 15

1909

Question 16

Exchanges posotive

Answer 16

Job centre, businesses could register vacancies, 1913=3,000 ppl in jobs a day,

Question 17

Exchanges negative

Answer 17

Did not have to register complacency, didn’t gaurantee a job

Question 18

National insurance part 1

Answer 18

1911

Question 19

Part 1 positives

Answer 19

Introduced sick pay money from gov and ppl, 26 weeks of sick pay, 10 shillings a week from friendly society and free medical care for the insured

Question 20

Part 2 negatives

Answer 20

Only for worker not family, only certain industries like not domestic servants, 4d a week pushed them into poverty

Question 21

National insurance part 2

Answer 21

1911

Question 22

Part 2 posotive

Answer 22

Provided help when unemployed 2.5 d a week so in total 7 shillings a week

Question 23

Part 2 negatives

Answer 23

Only 15 weeks not enough for family to discourage laziness, more money paid in, only for certain trades e.h shipbuilding