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The role of the War Pensioners' Welfare Service
— a study carried out on behalf of the Department of Social Security | | Author(s) | Mark Spilsbury, Saskia Spencer, Phil Barnett |
| Corporate Author | Public Attitude Surveys Limited; Social Research Branch, Department of Social Security - DSS |
| Publisher | Social Research Branch, Department of Social Security, London, 1999 |
| Pages | 95 pp (Department of Social Security in-house report no 52) |
| Source | Social Research Branch, ASD, Department of Social Security, 4th floor Adelphi, 1-11 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6HT. |
| Keywords | War pensions ; Welfare rights ; Central government departments and agencies ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | The War Pensioners' Welfare Service (WPWS) acts as the welfare arm of the War Pensions Agency (WPA). As such, there is a lack of awareness among many war pensioners and war widows of the range of services provided by the WPWS. This report presents the results of research into the role of the WPWS. The research set out to determine the needs of war pensioners, and to assess how well the WPWS meets these needs. It also considered what other sources and types of welfare support are used by war pensioners. This report describes the three phases of the research project: development, a postal survey, and in-depth interviews with 24 respondents to the postal survey. Whilst the WPWS was successfully providing a quality service which met the needs of most of those with whom it had contact, most of the respondents were either unaware or did not have a clear idea of the range of services provided. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030311203 B |
| Classmark | JHW: JH:IKR: PC: 3F |
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