theme 2:provision of social welfare

Question 1

what was the welfare provision by 1918

Answer 1

• poor laws/workhouses
• –poor laws remained till 1930
• the liberal reforms made in the early twentieth century

Question 2

what was the unemployment insurance act 1920

Answer 2

-extended social welfare
-National insurance was extended to cover more workers
-benefits were increased
-the dole was introduced
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Question 3

What were the effects of evacuation

Answer 3

-seen to bring two sectors of society together

Question 4

what were the effects Rationing

Answer 4

• rationing continued on to 1951
• made people feel more equal
• gave people a better diet
• the massive resurgence of the Black Market

Question 5

What were the 5 evils the Bevridge report identified 1942

Answer 5

• squalor
• ignorance
• want
• idleness
• disease

Question 6

What did the Bevridge report advocate 1942

Answer 6

universal benifits un-means tested

Question 7

What were the reactions towards the Bevridge Report 1942

Answer 7

• public loved it

- gov hated it and didnt take it into account

Question 8

What laws implemented by post war labour gov. are credited with the creation of the welfare state

Answer 8

The family allowence act, 1945
-created child benefit payable to the mother
The national Insurance Act
-made unemployment benefits and sickness benefits available for all workers

Question 9

what was the National Insurance Act 1970

Answer 9

-gave pensions rights to 100,000 people who had not been covered before

Question 10

What were the IMF cuts-1976

Answer 10

in 1976the international monetary fund told the gov. to cut spending to gain a loan