In 1942 the Beveridge report revealed plans for the welfare state. What was the estimated cost of these reforms in 1945?
£697million
£785 million
£832 million
£898 million
Quote:
"At these provisional rates, the total Security Budget, including children’s allowances and free health and rehabilitation services, is estimated to amount to £697,000,000 in 1945 as the first year of the plan, and £858,000,000 twenty years after, in 1965."