Social insurance and allied services : memorandum on the Beveridge Report
1943-02-10 1943 1940s 24 pages 3. obligations and should be dealt with immediately. With regard to the second and wider objective, which relates to those who are not in Want, that objective, in our view, does not fall within the category of what is essential but rather calls for consideration from...
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10 February 1943
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3. obligations and should be dealt with immediately. With regard to the second and wider objective, which relates to those who are not in Want, that objective, in our view, does not fall within the category of what is essential but rather calls for consideration from the standpoint of its desirability in relation to the country's post-war obligations generally and its available resources. (9) We would therefore wish to make it clear that that distinction between the Report's two-fold objectives and their differing order of priority has been prominently in our mind throughout this Memorandum, and that it is that distinction which leads us to the conclusion that there are two overriding considerations which must inevitably condition the measure of effect which can be given to the "Beveridge" proposals and on which the Government must take its decision before it proceeds to declare its policy. These two overriding considerations - both of which Sir William clearly recognises in his Report but which, being outside his terms of reference are not dealt with in his Report - are as follows :- (1) The order of priority of the country's post-war obligations and the place of the "Beveridge" proposals in that order of priority. (2) The economic and trading ability of this country to meet its post-war obligations as a whole. II. THE ORDER OF PRIORITY OF POST-WAR OBLIGATIONS: (10) The following Table - Table "A" - details the "Beveridge" Services and their cost as compared with the pre-war position and today :- TABLE "A". Service. 1938 1945 1965 Under Existing Law Under "Beveridge" Under "Beveridge" £ Mill. £ Mill. £ Mill. £ Mill. (1) Pensions: (a) Old Age Pensions 72 104 126 300 (b) Widows' Pensions 22 12 29 21 (2) Health: (a) Medical Benefits, etc. 76 79 170 170 (b) Cash Benefits 19 30 64 77 (3) Unemployment Insurance 50 50 110 107 (4) Children's Allowances 12 11 110 100 (5) Workmen's Compensation 10 13 15 15 (6) Funeral & Marriage Grants - - 5 15 (7) Assistance with Means Test 59 96 44 30 (8) Administration 20 20 24 23 (9) Surplus on Unemployment Insurance and Pensions Funds 2 17 - - Total :- 342 432 697 858 (11)/
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