Old Age Pensions Act 1908

Old Age Pensions Act 1908
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to provide for Old-Age Pensions.
Citation8 Edw. 7. c. 40
Territorial extent England and Wales; Scotland; Ireland
Dates
Royal assent1 August 1908
Commencement1 January 1909
Other legislation
Amended byOld Age Pensions Act 1924
Status: Repealed
Old Age Pensions Act 1924
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to amend paragraph (3) of section two of the Old Age Pensions Act, 1908.
Citation14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 33
Dates
Royal assent7 August 1924
Other legislation
AmendsOld Age Pensions Act 1908

The Old Age Pensions Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7. c. 40) is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, passed in 1908. The act is one of the foundations of modern social welfare in both the present-day United Kingdom and the Irish Republic and forms part of the wider social welfare reforms of the Liberal government of 1906–1914.

Successful single claimants over the age of seventy were paid five shillings a week, while couples in which the husband was aged over seventy got seven shillings and sixpence per week.[1]

  1. ^ Gazeley, Ian (17 July 2003). Poverty in Britain 1900–1945. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0333716199.