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| How many school meals were provided in 1906 and 1914 respectively? |
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| By 1914, what percentage of schools provided school meals? |
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| When were the Education (Administrative Provisions) and Children's Acts? |
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| Which European countries already provided a pension? |
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| Germany (1889); Denmark (1891) |
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| When was the Old Age Pensions Act and what did it provide? |
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| 1908 - 1-5/- a week for people over 70 earning $21-31 a year |
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| In what way was the pension provided under the Old Age Pensions Act insufficient? |
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| The maximum pension of 5/- a week was still 2/- below Rowntree's definition of subsistence |
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| By how many people did the number of claimants exceed expectations in 1908? |
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| 150,000 more than expected 500,000 came forward with that figure soaring to 1M in 1914 |
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| What quote indicates the preliminary nature of Old Age Pensions in 1914? |
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| Joseph Chamberlain - 'tentative scheme which might develop into something more complete' |
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| What did the National Insurance Act (1911) provide? |
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| 10/- a week for a period of up to 26 weeks; free medical inspections; 1d a week for setting up Medical Research Council |
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| Who considered the National Insurance Act (1911) to be the 'high water mark of the Liberal Reforms'? |
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| What did Part 2 of the National Insurance Act (1911) provide? |
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| 7s a week for up to 15 weeks of any given year for a contriubtion of only 21/2d from the worker |
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| How many people were insured under the second part of the National Insurance Act by 1914? |
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| When were the Unemployed Workmen's Act and the Labour Exchanges Act? |
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| When were the Unemployed Workmen's Act and the Labour Exchanges Act? |
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| When were the Unemployed Workmen's Act and the Labour Exchanges Act? |
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| When were the Unemployed Workmen's Act and the Labour Exchanges Act? |
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| When were the Unemployed Workmen's Act and the Labour Exchanges Act? |
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| When were the Unemployed Workmen's Act and the Labour Exchanges Act? |
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| When were the Unemployed Workmen's Act and the Labour Exchanges Act? |
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| What evidence is there the Labour Exchanges were largely effective? |
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| 83 were set up by 1910; 480 set up by 1914; setting up 3000 people a day with work by 1914 |
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| When were 1. The Workmen's Compensation Act, 2. The Coal Mines Act, 3. The Trade Boards Act and 4. The Shop Hours Act? |
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| 1. 1906, 2. 1908, 3. 1910, 4. 1911 |
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| Who set the set of reforms for the employees helped those who 'could not help themselves'? |
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| Who said 'half a loaf is better than no loaf at all'? |
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| What did P. Clarke say about the welfare state in 1914? |
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| 'the british welfare state was built on the foundation of national insurance' |
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