Unemployment Act 1934

The Unemployment Act 1934 was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, reaching statue on 28 June 1934. It reduced the age at which a person entered the National Insurance scheme to 14 and made the claiming age 16 years.[1] It also separated benefits earned by paying National Insurance and those purely based on need (the dole).[2] To do this, it established two bodies: the Unemployment Insurance Statutory Committee to deal with unemployment benefits earned by payment of National Insurance when in work; and the Unemployment Assistance Board to provide means-tested payments for those not entitled to such benefits.[3]

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  2. ↑ "The Cabinet Papers | 1930s Depression and unemployment". Nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  3. ↑ "Commentary: The context and outcome of nutrition campaigning in 1934". International Journal of Epidemiology. 32:500-502. 2003.