Main Terms of 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act

Question 1

A central authority should be set up

Answer 1

to supervise the implementation and regulate the administration of the Poor Law

Question 2

Parishes to be grouped together

Answer 2

to form Poor Law unions to provide relief efficiently

Question 3

Each Poor Law union was to establish a workhouse

Answer 3

where inmates would live in conditions worse than those of the poorest independent labourer

Question 4

Outdoor relief for able-bodied poor discourages

Answer 4

BUT not altogether abolished

Question 5

BUT, actual programme of reform not laid down via parliament

Answer 5

they simply set down administrative arrangements through which the 3 comms were to implement and interpret the Act