Poor Laws

The Poor Laws (" Laws on Pauvres") refer to the allowance of an financial aid for poorest into force in England and in the remainder of the United Kingdom between the 17th century and the 19th century. They were consisted the many successive laws adopted by the British Parliament. The exceptional longevity (more than four centuries) of the " Poor Laws" return in fact to designs of the social systems which varied much in time. One should not however not confuse the État-providence and the " Poor Laws" since these last were the fact not of the State but Paroisse S.

Origins and evolutions of Poor Laws

August 1st Poor Laws were born from the will of the Tudors to control the populations poor while avoiding a too strong influence of the elites on them. In 1547, a law little applied authorizes to mark with red iron the Vagabond S and to control them during two years. In 1572 then 1576, new laws imposes to the parishioners easy to pay a weekly sum with an aim of helping poorest (Justice of the Peace being charged to list the population considered as poor in each parish). In parallel, parochial workshops made it possible unemployed persons to work.

First Poor Law total is promulgated under Elizabeth Ière in 1601 to govern the assistance with the poor ones.

In 1834, the " Poor Law Amendment Act" repeals these laws. A system of pensions will be set up at the beginning of the 20th century in Great Britain and will be at the base of work of William Beveridge in 1942.

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