Reforming Supplementary Benefit
The impact on claimants
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11198247 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carol Walker (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 91-102 |
| Publication date | 1986-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Policy and Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-5596 • E-ISSN: 1467-9515 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9515.1986.tb00484.x |
| OpenAlex | W2071988230 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
The Government bill to reform social security will become an Act in 1986, and is planned for implementation in April 1987. One of the most significant areas for change will be the supplementary benefit scheme, which now has some four million claimants, and supports over seven million people. It will be replaced by the income support scheme, which will differ in important respects from the current provision. The review of the SB scheme, set up by Norman Fowler, was the second major review of the scheme in less than a decade. The first review was set up by the Labour Government in 1976 and culminated in major changes introduced by the Conservative Government in the Social Security Act 1980. This article examines what impact the 1980 scheme had on claimants, on their standard of living, on their understanding of the scheme and on the extent to which the scheme meets their needs. It then goes on to examine whether the Fowler Act will meet some of the criticisms of the 1980 reforms and, in particular, if it will improve the position of claimants
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| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2019 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |