Unemployment Solutions 1911-1921

Question 1

National Insurance, 1911

Answer 1

• Workers paid into a compulsory scheme

- They received guaranteed benefits for up to 15 weeks

Question 2

‘Out-of-Work-Donation’, 1918

Answer 2

• Mainly aimed at ex-soldiers
• Effectively a ‘handout’ (dole)
• Expensive, lasted until 1920

Question 3

NUWM (National Unemployed Workers’ Movement), 1921

Answer 3

• Set up by the Communist Party

- Organised seven protest marches (1921-36)

Question 4

Extended Benefits, 1921

Answer 4

• Lasted up to 32 weeks

- Could be refused, had to pass two tests (mental + material, means test)