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Legislative acts creating Welfare State in Britain.

Please divide the following acts of legislation into the following categories:
1) Social Security
e.g. Family Allowances Act(1945) - 5s a week for each child after the first.






2) National Health Service (NHS)








3) Free Education








4) Council Housing







5) FullEmployment


• 1944 Education Act - 'Rab' Butler set the school-leaving age at 15, and introduced free secondary schools. Pupils took an '11-plus' IQ test that determined whether they went togrammar school (for academic pupils), secondary modern school (teaching practical subjects), or technical school (to teach practical skills).
• Family Allowances Act (1945) - 5s a week for eachchild after the first.
• National Insurance Act (1945) - unemployment pay for six months and sick pay for as long as you were sick.
• National Insurance - Industrial Injuries Act (1946) - extrabenefits for people injured at work.
• New Towns Act (1946) - authorised the building of new towns at places such as Stevenage, Basildon, Newton Aycliffe and Peterlee.
• Town and CountryPlanning Act (1947) - set a target of building 300,000 new houses a year and 1.25 million council houses were built between 1945 and 1951. It also defined green belt land that had to be kept rural.• National Assistance Act (1948) - benefits for anybody in need. 'The Times' described it as: 'the last defense against extreme poverty'.
• National Health Service Act (1948) - despite oppositionfrom doctors, who insisted on the right to continue treating some patients privately, Nye Bevan brought in the NHS on 5 July 1948. Doctors, hospital, dentists, opticians, ambulances, midwives andhealth visitors were available, free to everybody.
• Children's Act (1948) - required councils to provide good housing and care for all children 'deprived of a normal home life'.
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