Beveridge Report (Pictorial charts with explanatory notes)

1943-01 1943 1940s 14 pages : illustrations 8. Amount Period and Conditions Widowhood 40/- per week Reduced by part of any earnings. 52/- per week for first 13 weeks without reduction. Maternity £4 Maternity if wife gainfully occupied 36/- per week for 13 weeks additional Funer...

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Main Author: Beveridge, William Henry Beveridge, Baron, 1879-1963. Social insurance and allied services (contributor)
Institution:MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
Language:English
English
Published: January-February 1943
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Summary:1943-01 1943 1940s 14 pages : illustrations 8. Amount Period and Conditions Widowhood 40/- per week Reduced by part of any earnings. 52/- per week for first 13 weeks without reduction. Maternity £4 Maternity if wife gainfully occupied 36/- per week for 13 weeks additional Funeral £20 With smaller sums for children. New Zealand. (All benefits are subject to residential qualification and are reduced by £1 a year for every £1 income possessed by the couple in excess of stipulated sums.) Amount Period and Conditions Unemployment 45/- per week Maximum £4 per week. Sickness benefits (for all disability) 45/- per week Maximum £4 per week. Old Age. 60/- per week Widowhood 45/- per week Maximum £4 10s. a week. No widow under 50 years of age who has not had one or more children can qualify. (Now Zealand Official Year Book, 1940.) Subsistance Rates. (per week) Food. Clothing. Fuel, light and sundries Rent. Margin. Total. Adult man of working age 7/- 1/6 2/6 6/6 1/6 19/- Retired Man 6/- 1/4 3/- 6/- 1/6 17/10 Child (Average) 5/11 10d 3d - - 7/- (Beveridge Report. para. 227 & 228) 126/TG/377/1/1/153
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