Liberal Reforms Flashcards
To learn them
What year did the pensions act come in?
1908
How did you qualify to receive the Pensions Act?
Had to be over 70 and not been in jail for the past 10 years and been a UK resident for 20 years
How much did you they get in pensions?
25p a week or 35p for a couple
What did the 1907 Medical Inspection Act involve?
Contagious diseases were treated often first time children had seen a doctor
When was the free school meals introduced
1906
How many free school meals were issued by 1914?
14 million
What were the problems with the young peoples acts?
they still lived in slum housing and children had no education after the age of 12
What was the Act that helped the sick?
1911 Insurance Act - Sickness Benefit
How much was maternity benefit?
£1.50
How much did the Sickness Benefit give you?
50p for 13 weeks and the 25p for 13 weeks
How did you get the Unemployment Insurance
Aged 16-70 who were earning less that £160 a year
What were the 2 National Insurance Acts of 1911
Sickness Benefit and Unemployment Benefit
What were the 4 main groups that were helped by the reforms?
the young, the old, the sick and the unemployed
What benefits did the Pensions 1908 Act give?
Removed the far of the workhouse and poverty
What were the problems of the Pension
You couldn’t get it until you were 70 yet the average age to stop working was 55 which left 15 years to fall into poverty
