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Catalogue description Ministry of National Insurance and successors: Family Allowance Policy (London Office), Registered Files (FA series)
| Reference: | PIN 17 |
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| Title: | Ministry of National Insurance and successors: Family Allowance Policy (London Office), Registered Files (FA series) |
| Description: |
This series contains the files of the Ministry of National Insurance and it's successors relating to the planning, introduction and administration of the Family Allowance Scheme under the Family Allowances Act 1945 and subsequent legislation. |
| Date: | 1942-1980 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | FA file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988 Ministry of National Insurance, 1944-1953 Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, 1953-1966 Ministry of Social Security, 1966-1968 |
| Physical description: | 187 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
from 2007 Department for Work and Pensions from 1973 Department of Health and Social Security |
| Accruals: | Series is not accruing. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Sir William Beveridge in his report of 1942 on the proposed plan for the future social security of the country strongly recommended the introduction of a scheme for the payment of children's allowances. Family allowances were first introduced on 6 August 1946. They were cash payments made to all families with more than one natural or adopted child within the prescribed age limits and were intended for the benefit of the family as a whole. No allowance was payable for the first or only child as it was considered reasonable to assume that one child could be supported by family earnings without causing hardship. There were no contribution conditions and the cost of the scheme was met entirely from taxation. Allowances were paid without regard to means but were treated as part of income for tax purposes. Allowances were not restricted to British families but claimants had to satisfy conditions of residence in the United Kingdom. |
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