Liberal reforms Flashcards
When was the pensions act introduced?
1908
Who was excluded from the 1908 pensions act?
Anyone with a criminal record
People with a higher income
Those who avoided work
Habitually drunks
What was one of the issues regarding the fact it was to 70?
Not many lived to be 70 at this time.
How much were married couples given?
7 shillings a week
How much were single people given?
5 shillings a week
How much did you have to have as an income to not get pensions?
£31.50
When was the education (provision of meals) act?
1906
Which act provided free school meals?
1906 education (provision of meals) act
When were school meals made mandatory ?
1914
How many of the local authorities had not set up a free school meal service?
Over 50%
What did historian HV Emy argue?
School medical inspections “owed as much to administrative pressure as to liberal initiative”
Why was the free school meals not considered as effective?
Because children were not provided with anything when out of school.
Which act provided medical inspections?
1907 education act
When were the first school clinics set up?
1912
What was the issue with medical inspections?
Actual medical appointments for carry on treatment was still expensive
Which act setup labour exchanges?
1908 labour exchange act
How much did unemployed workers receive?
7 shillings a week for up to 15 weeks.
What was the issue with the unemployment benefits?
That it was only just about enough for one person meaning it could not support a family.
Who payed into the unemployment benefit?
The state, the employer and the employed
