liberal reforms effectiveness

groups

young, old, unemployed

young - K1

Education(Provision of Meals) Act 1906 gave children from poor families free school meals

young - K2

by 1919, around 14 million school meals were being served each year

young - A

resulted in better health, concentration, and attainment for children

young - A+

optional for councils, and didn’t provide meals over the holidays

old - K1

1908 Old Age Pensions Act, pension of 5 shillings a week for those over 70 who earned less than £31 a year

old - K2

around 800,000 people were receiving pensions by 1914

old - A

the state took responsibility of supporting people of old age, and the elderly were not reliant on family or poor law anymore

old - A+

life expectancy for working class men was under 70, meaning most weren’t likely to live to recieve their pension

unemployed - K1

National Insurance Act of 1911(Part II) helped those in jobs with cyclical unemployement such as shipbuilding or construction

unemployed - K2

workers paid a contribution and in return could receive up to 7 shillings a week for up to 15 weeks. This would support them if they became unemployed

unemployed - A

Liberal Government accepted that some unemployment wasn’t caused by the individual, and workers didn’t rely on poor war.

unemployed - A+

only 2.3 million workers were covered