History - Liberal Welfare Reforms

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How a)old and b)poor were people collecting pensions
a) 70 b)earned less than £31.50 per annum
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How many people relied on pensions?
1 million
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How much did a single person recieve a week?
25p
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How much did a couple ecieve a week?
35p
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Who said 35p was too little?
Rowntree
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Where were pensions collected?
The post office to remove stigma of the poor law
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How many jobs were found a day in 1914?
4000
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How many people who registered at job centres in 1910 never recieved work?
75%
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How many workers were covered by 1911 sickness insurance?
13million
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How much did workers recieve whilst off work poorly?
50p for 13 weeks, then 25p 13 weeks
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Were family members covered by workers sickness insurance?
Nope.
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What did you need to rely on after 26 weeks off work?
Highly stigmatised poor law
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Who was it compulsory for to have unemployment insurance?
16-70 y/o earning less thwn £160 a year.
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Although it helped 7 trades who wasn't covered by unemployment insurance?
Agriculture workers who had seasonal jobs
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How many school meals were issued by 1914
14 million
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When were school meals made compulsory?
1914
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what % of counclis didn't provide school meals by 1912?
50%
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When was begging deemed not a good source of income?
1908
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The 1907 Medical Inspection Act made it compulsory for school children to have how many checkups within their school life?
3
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How did some doctors treat the children that had disease?
They didn't, it was left to the parents to deal with
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Who identified that 1/3rd of the British population were in poverty in the 19th century?
Booth and Rowntree
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How many people relied on pensions?

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1 million

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How much did a single person recieve a week?

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How much did a couple ecieve a week?

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Who said 35p was too little?

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