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EXTRA-Role of Cabinet, Secretariat and Secretary Flashcards

1
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What are the 4 roles of the Cabinet ?

A
  • Deciding on major policy to be followed at home and abroad
  • Dealing with unforeseen major problems
  • Coordinating the policies of different departments
  • Planning for long term
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2
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Once in government how do details of policy have to be filled in when legislating policy proposals from the parties manifesto?

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they have to be filled in according to prevailing circumstances such as the financial state of the country and the advice review from key pressure groups

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3
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What did former Premier Harold Macmillan say is the main problem for governments?

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“Events, dear boy, events”

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What are 4 examples of unforeseen major problems?

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  • crisis in EU
  • sudden invasion of friendly state
  • fuel crisis at home
  • major disease
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5
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IN order for government to function well and for policy to be successfully carried out, what does there need to be coordination of?

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governmental departments

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What did Tony Blair term the pulling together between departments and ministers?

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“joined up government”

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Who is there a natural tension between in the Cabinet?

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between the Treasury representatives and spending ministers who want more money (for health, education etc)

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8
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What is arguably the key area of making policy?

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planning for the long term

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9
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What makes it hard to plan for the long term in Cabinet?

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ministers come and go and cabinet reshuffles can disturb this also

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Who is often the work of long term planning, such as for the environment, defence and pension policy often done my?

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Cabinet committees

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What are Cabinet committees?

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these are appointed by the PM to deal with aspects of government business. Decisions made in the committee have full Cabinet authority and may not always be taken to the whole Cabinet for discussion

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Who advanced the theory of prime ministerial government in the early 1960’s?

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Richard Crossman

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13
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How has the role of Cabinet diminished in the past decade?

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the frequency and duration of meetings have both been reduced

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Under who’s leadership was there 2 meetings per week?

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Clement Attlee’s

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15
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From what year onwards has there only been one cabinet meeting per week?

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1969

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16
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When are Cabinet meetings usually held?

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on a Thursday morning

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in the Attlee/Churchill years how many Cabinet meetings were there per year, of which most would last several hours?

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100

18
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in what decade was there only 60 meetings per year?

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1970’s

19
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How many cabinet meetings per year were there under Blair, which lasted under an hour?

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40

20
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How long did Blair’s cabinet meetings last ?

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under an hour

21
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In what year did one of Blair’s cabinet meetings only last 30 minutes?

A

1997

22
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What 2 things do short cabinet meetings reflect?

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1) prime ministerial style

2) that ministers are agreed on what they wish to achieve

23
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Why were Callaghan and Major governments longer than average?

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due to serious disagreements over the controversial issues in need of resolution

24
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For the Cabinet meetings, what it the role of the Cabinet Secretariat?

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to timetable meetings, circulate papers, prepare agenda set my PM, writes conclusions and retains

25
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What does the Cabinet Secretariat comprise of?

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30-40 senior civil servants

26
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Who is the head of the Cabinet Secretariat?

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the country’s top civil servant, the Cabinet Secretary

27
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Who is the Cabinet Secretary?

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the country’s top civil servant

28
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Who is the Cabinet Sectary in daily contact with?

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the PM and Cabinet members

29
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What does the Cabinet Secretary attend? (2)

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Cabinet meetings and some Cabinet committees

30
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When can the Cabinet Secretary not attend Cabinet meetings?

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when political itms are being discussed

31
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Who did Richard Crossman say worked together to decide the Cabinet agenda and the order of the items on it?

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the Cabinet Secretary and PM

32
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Who is the Secretariat assisted by?

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a Cabinet Office of 1,500 civil servants

33
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How many civil servants are there in the Cabinet Office

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1,500

34
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What is the term ‘Cabinet Office’ now generally used to cover up?

A

the whole machinery that services the Cabinet and the departments

35
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What are the 4 main tasks of the Cabinet Office?

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  • to support the PM as leader of government
  • to support the Cabinet in its transaction of business
  • to lead, support, reform and deliver programme
  • to coordinate security and intelligence
36
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From who’s PM years has the Civil Contingencies Unit existed to cope with emergencies such as terrorist activity or a fuel crisis?

A

Major

37
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What can the Civil Contingencies Unit do if an occasion demands?

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to transform itself into a mixed committee of ministers, officials, the military, the policy and security services, with the Home Sectary in the chair.

38
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From an early stage as PM what was Tony Blair and his team keen to see?

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a ‘dynamic centre’

39
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From an early stage as PM, Tony Blair and his team were keen to see a dynamic centre ,what did this involve?

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this involved more power for the Prime Minister’s Office which would work closely with the Cabinet Office

40
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Who emphasised government by specialist unit which Tony Blair developed?

A

Major

41
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What two units were created by Tony Blair and housed in the Cabinet Office?

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  • the Social Exclusion Unit

- the Performance and Innovation Unit

42
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Why is the Cabinet Office currently headed by?

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the Minister for the Cabinet Office

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