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Sociology: Social Policy and the Family - Legislation

This is a quiz based on Legislation regarding the AQA A-Level Social Policy and the Family topic in Sociology. Below are the words which need to be matched to their definitions: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 Divorce Reform Act 1969 National Childcare Strategy 1998 Welfare Reform Act 2012 Adoption and Children Act 2002 Civil Partnership Act 2004 Pupil Premium 2011 Marriage Allowance 2015 Childcare Act 2006 Working Families Tax Credit 1999 Sure Start 1998 Equal Pay Act 1970 Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014 Troubled Families Programme 2012 Education and Skills Act 2008 Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 Child Tax Credit 2003 Child Support Act 1991 Local Government Act 2003 The Respect Programme 2006 Abortion Act 1967 Sexual Offences Act 1967 Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc.) Act 2019 National Health Service (Family Planning) Act 1967 Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020
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Child Tax Credit 2003
-A family with children and an income below about £32,000 could claim the child tax credit on top of child benefit.
-Paid in or out of work, higher rates for disabled children, integrated with the working tax credit, which also provides support for childcare costs.
Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020
-Reformed the divorce process to remove the concept of fault (also known as 'no-fault divorce').
-Passed by Boris Johnson’s Conservative Government.
National Health Service (Family Planning) Act 1967
-Made contraception readily available through the NHS by enabling local health authorities to provide advice to a much wider population.
-Passed by Harold Wilson's Labour Government.
Welfare Reform Act 2012
-Slimmed all credit under one heading (Universal credit).
-Failed as people had many different reasons for claiming credit.
-Bedroom tax (social housing, reduced credit).
-Passed by David Cameron's Coalition Government.
Education and Skills Act 2008
-Raised the minimum age at which a person can leave education or training (school leaving age) to 18 for those born after 1st September 1997, with an interim leaving age of 17 from 2013.
-Included the right of choice and appeal for young people regarding their sixth form college.
-Placed duties on the Learning and Skills Council regarding payment and finance of courses for both children and adults.
-Passed by Gordon Brown's Labour Government.
Equal Pay Act 1970
-Prohibited any less favourable treatment between men and women in terms of pay and conditions of employment.
-Passed by Harold Wilson's Labour Government.
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008
-Recognises same-sex couples as legal parents of children conceived through the use of donated sperm, eggs or embryos.
-These provisions enable, for example, the civil partner of a woman who carries a child via IVF to be recognised as the child's legal parent.
-Passed by Gordon Brown's Labour Government.
The Respect Programme 2006
This programme introduced Family Intervention Projects (FIPs):
-A dedicated key worker works intensively with the whole family.
-Projects take a 'whole family' approach which recognise the inter-connectedness between the children's and adult's problems and responds in a holistic way.
-For example, as well as dealing with a child's persistent absenteeism from school, FIPs will address any issues which would affect the parent's ability to get their child to school.
-A contract drawn up between the family and key worker sets out the changes that are expected, the support that will be provided in order to facilitate that change, and the consequences, if the changes or tasks which have been agreed are not completed.

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-FIPs provide intensive support to vulnerable families and in particular those facing legal actions, evictions, or who are affected by longstanding worklessness and poverty.
-The FIP model was based on a number of projects run by Action for Children and expanded as part of the Government's Respect programme to target families involved in persistent anti-social behaviour, who were at risk of losing their homes.
-Through multiagency whole family support plans and assertive working methods projects reduce the likelihood of legal sanctions and help families to address their problems.
-Passed by Tony Blair's Labour Government.
Pupil Premium 2011
-Provides additional funding for disadvantaged pupils.
-Aims to raise achievement for under-privileged pupils.
-Passed by David Cameron's Coalition Government.
Local Government Act 2003
-This repealed Section 28 of the 1988 Local Government Act, which was a legislative designation for a series of laws across Britain that prohibited the "promotion of homosexuality" by local authorities.
-Passed by Tony Blair's Labour Government.
Marriage Allowance 2015
-Allows an individual to transfer 10% of their personal allowance to their spouse or civil partner.
-Recipient pays 20% less tax.
-Passed by David Cameron's Coalition Government.
Troubled Families Programme 2012
-Identified 'trouble families' and tried to 'turn their lives around' by getting children back into school, reducing youth crime, and anti-social behaviour, putting adults on a path back to work and reducing the high costs these families place on the public sector each year.
-Passed by David Cameron's Coalition Government.
Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014
-New entitlement for employees who are parents to take shared parental leave in the first year of their child's life or in the first year after the child's placement for adoption.
-Passed by David Cameron's Coalition Government.
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Child Support Act 1991
-Introduced a formal system for child support arrangements between separated families, without involving the courts.
-Passed by John Major's Conservative Government.
Childcare Act 2006
Used to improve wellbeing of children under 6, and to ensure they had quality early years.
-Local childcare for parents.
-Passed by Tony Blair's Labour Government.
Divorce Reform Act 1969
-Allowed divorce to be easier for unhappy couples, no need for grounds for divorce.
-Tackled unhappy marriages.
-Passed by Harold Wilson's Labour Government.
National Childcare Strategy 1998
-Provided good quality, affordable childcare to allow parents to take part in work life.
-Passed by Tony Blair's Labour Government.
Adoption and Children Act 2002
-Act allows same-sex couples and unmarried couples in England and Wales to adopt children.
-Passed by Tony Blair's Labour Government.
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013
-Legalised and recognised same-sex marriage in England and Wales (some parts of the act also extended to Scotland and Northern Ireland).
-Passed by David Cameron's Coalition Government.
Abortion Act 1967
-Made abortion legal on a wide number of grounds in all of Great Britain (but not Northern Ireland) up to 28 weeks' gestation (later changed to 24 weeks).
-Passed by Harold Wilson's Labour Government.
Working Families Tax Credit 1999
-Adult tax credit, child tax credit for each child in family.
-30 hour tax credit and childcare tax credit introduced.
-Provided financial support for childcare, 1.5 million got it, had to work 16 hours/week.
-Passed by Tony Blair's Labour Government.
Sure Start 1998
-Aimed to give children, "the best possible start in life" through improvement of childcare, early education, health and family support, with an emphasis on outreach and community development.
-Reached up to 150,000 children in areas of deprivation.
-Passed by Tony Blair's Labour Government.
Civil Partnership Act 2004
-Creates Civil Partnerships for same-sex couples (same legal rights as married couples).
-Passed by Tony Blair's Labour Government.
Sexual Offences Act 1967
-Partially decriminalised male homosexuality in England and Wales.
-The age of consent for was set at 21 (although at the time, the age of consent for heterosexual acts was 16)
-This was reduced to 18 in 1994, and 16 in 2000.
-Passed by Harold Wilson's Labour Government.
Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc.) Act 2019
-Legalised Civil Partnerships for heterosexual couples.
-Passed by Theresa May’s Conservative Government.
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