Chapter 10 - Administrative and Legislative Devolution

Question 1

Define Administrative Devolution

Answer 1

A form of devolution where political power is concentrated at the centre but special arrangements are found in the executive and legislature to take account of the distinctive interests of various regions. No assemblies

Question 2

Define Legislative Devolution

Answer 2

Where separate Parliaments are established in the nations or regions of a state. Policy making powers transferred from the centre to the devolved assemblies.. State wide legislature retains ultimate authority and can overrule/abolish the devolved bodies

Question 3

Administrative devolution applied to which states prior to 1999?

Answer 3

Scotland and Wales

Question 4

What arrangements for administrative devolution were there pre-1999?

Answer 4

Territorial Ministries
Over-representation at Westminister
A preferential formula (the Barnett Formula) for public spending

Question 5

Define Nation

Answer 5

A group of people who inhabit a historic territory, share common traditions and culture and distinguish themselves as a distinctive political community

Question 6

In the 1979 referendum how many backed devolution to Wales?

Answer 6

20% of voters

Question 7

What percentage of people voted for devolution to Scotland in 1979?

Answer 7

52% (but only 33% turnout- didn’t meet 40% threshold)

Question 8

What percentage voted for devolution to Scotland in 1997 with tax varying powers?

Answer 8

74.3% supported devolution, 63.5% supported tax varying powers

Question 9

Define Asymmetric devolution

Answer 9

A form of devolution in which the political arrangements are not uniform, but differ from region to region

Question 10

How many members does Scottish Parliament have?

Answer 10

129 (56 are AMs)

Question 11

What powers does Scottish Parliament have?

Answer 11

Primary legislative powers over:
-education
-transport
-health
-the enviroment
-economic development 
And power to vary income tax & borrow money

Question 12

What reserved powers remain at Westminster?

Answer 12

UK constitution
Economic policy
Foreign policy
Relations with EU

Question 13

Who is the first minister of Scottish Parliament?

Answer 13

Nicola Sturgeon

Question 14

How many members does the Welsh Assembly have?

Answer 14

60 (20 AMs included)

Question 15

What act decided the powers of the Welsh Assembly initially?

Answer 15

The Government of Wales Act 1998

Question 16

How much are Wales and Scotland respectively granted by Westminster annually?

Answer 16

£27 billion and £15 billion (in 2012)

Question 17

Who is the first minister of Wales?

Answer 17

Carwyn Jones

Question 18

Who recognised devolution as ‘a process not an event’

Answer 18

Ron Davies

Question 19

When did the Silk Commission propose more devolution to Wales, and that it should have the same powers Scotland currently holds by 2020?

Answer 19

2012

Question 20

Which year did Scotland have the ability to set the Scottish rate of income tax?

Answer 20

2016

Question 21

From 2015, Scottish Parliament can borrow up to…

Answer 21

2.2 million

Question 22

What powers have been returned to the Westminster government by Scotland?

Answer 22

The regulation of activities in Antartica

Question 23

What 3 proposals were made on Scotland’s future in 2007?

Answer 23

Further devolution (Calman)
Full Devolution (everything but defence, foreign and monetary policy and UK currency)
Indepedence

Question 24

What were the key provisions of the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014?

Answer 24

Legal referendum held by Scotland
Single Question
Electoral Commission regulating
Franchise includes 16 year olds

Question 25

What percentage voted no to Scottish Referendum?

Answer 25

55.3%