Social reforms 1906 - 1914 - Knowledge test Flashcards
what was the state pension for a single person and a married couple
- 5s/week for a single person
- 7s 6d fora married couple
what were the conditions regarding age means and character to be met before anyone could receive state pension
- 70 or above
- less than £31pa with a record of work
- no poor relief or imprisonment
- character requirement abandoned by 1914
identify 1 measurement to be used at assess the generosity or otherwise of the state pension
- less than the poverty line of booth
- £50 pa needed as living wage
- less than NI payments = very small pension
how many people received the state pension in 1915
1m
use 2 statistics to assess the effect of the state pension on poor relief
- removed 122 thousand
- but 300 thousand remained in receipt of relief
where the state pensions based on contributions
- no entirely from taxes
what was the name and fate of the national insurance legislation responsible for unemployment
- nation endurance act pt 2 (unemployment) 1911
who made contributions (NI) and for how much
- employer, worker and government
each paying 21/2d per week
what type of industey and workers was covered by umeplyoemtnb imsuranc
- building, ship building (insured workers)
how many workers were covered by national insurance for employment
- 2.25m
what sort of unemployment was the legislation designed to cover
- cyclical
- frictional
- seasonal - short term
how much employment benefit would an insured worker receive and for how long
7s/week for 15 days
what is the name and date of the national insurance legislation responsible for illness
- national insurance act pt 2 (sickness) 1911
national insurance for sickness only covered workers that who earned less than a certain amount per year , what is this figure
- £ 160 pps
who made donations and how much
- insured workers - 4d
- employers - 3d
- government 2d
- per week
how much would a worker recieve under the legislation and for how long
- 10s for 13 weeks
- 5s per week for the last 13 weeks
- free medical treatment my panel worker
how many workers were covered by national insurance for illness
13m out of 45m population
did national insurance for sickness cover the family of an insured worker
no, just the insured worker
how did national insurance for sickness benefit a married woman
- maternity grant of 30s
what was the name and date of the education legislation that introduced free school meals for poor children
- Education (school feeding) act 1906
identify 2 examples of statistical evidence to assess the extent of such free school meals
- 1913 only 50% of LEAs proving free school meals
- 1914 - 14m free school meals
what is the mane and date of the education legislation that introduced school medical inspections
education Act 1907
where such inspections compulsory or permissive
compulsory
use both qualitative and statistical points to assess the effectiveness of medical inspections of school children
- cursory cheeks
- no free healthcare but 3/4 of LEAs implementing free inspection
what 3 topics relating to childhood did the liberal also reform
- distinct legal treatment
- illegal to buy tobacco
- illegal to but alcohol
identify the name and date of legislation that reversed the effect of the taff vale judgement
- trade dispute act 1906
explain how such legislation reversed the effect of the taff vale judgement
- gave trade unions legal immunity in civil law
identify the name and date of legislation that revered the effect of the Osborne judgement
trade union act 1913 - opt out rather than opt in
identify the name and date of legalisation that introduced mechanism to set out minimum wages in the seated trade
- trade boards act 1909
what is meant by sweated trades
- clothing and tailoring workshops
- low wages
- no unions
what mechanism was established by the legislation (trade bard act 1909) and how did it work
- trade boards composed of reps of workers employers and govt
- could set conditions and minimum wages
- based on what the employer could afford not the cost of living of workers
how was this mechanism a departure from Gladstonian liberalism
- yes
- modern liberal giving interventions of govt into market forces
how many workers and trade were covered by the legislation
200 thousand
which occupation involving women was not covered by the legislation (trade boards act 1909) and why is this important
- domestic employers
- biggest employer of women
- 40% of female labour
what did employers often do instead of agreeing to minimum wages
- sack workers and introduce machinery to do their work
using 2 statistics illustrate the strengths and weekends of labour exchange
- 430 exchanges by 194 finding 3 thousand jobs per day
- only 1 in 4 finding work
how many workers were registered with labour exchanges by 1914
2m workers registered
what was achieved and passed by Parliament for the miners regarding the working day in 1908
- coal mine act act 1908
- extended 8 hour day
how did mine owners respond to this achievement
- created 3 eight hour shifts that intruded into lives of miners and their families
what was achieved and passed by Parliament for the miners regarding he working day in 1912
- coal mines act 1912
- mechanism to create minimum wages
were the social reforms generous in amount and generous relative to defence
- no
- dreadnoughts cost more
were the social reforms pioneering?
if so why ?
- yes broke the Gladstonian traditions
- involved peoples budget
- set up foundations for subsequent reforms and consolidation
was the poor law abolished
- no not until late 1920s
what percentage of the UK experienced poverty according to the studies of Booth and Rowntree at the start of the 20th century
30%
