Old Age Pensions Act 1908

Old Age Pensions Act 1908

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to provide for Old-Age Pensions.
Citation	8 Edw. 7. c. 40
Territorial extent	England and Wales; Scotland; Ireland
Dates
Royal assent	1 August 1908
Commencement	1 January 1909
Other legislation
Amended by	Old Age Pensions Act 1924
Status: Repealed

Old Age Pensions Act 1924
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to amend paragraph (3) of section two of the Old Age Pensions Act, 1908.
Citation	14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 33
Dates
Royal assent	7 August 1924
Other legislation
Amends	Old 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 often regarded as 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]