Facts (Ch 10+11)

Question 1

Population of each country of the UK (percentages)

Answer 1

England: 84%
Scotland: 8%
Wales: 5%
N. Ireland: 3%

Question 2

Who was responsible for a range of government activities in their respective nations pre-1999?

Answer 2

Scottish Office and Welsh Office

Stormont Parliament

Question 3

1979 Welsh Assembly referendum result?

Answer 3

Yes: 20%
No: 80%
Turnout: 59%

Question 4

1979 Scottish Assembly referendum result?

Answer 4

Yes: 52%
No: 48%
Turnout was only 33% (there was a 40% threshold), so the result was ignored

Question 5

1997 Scottish Parliament referendum result?

(1) Establish parliament
(2) With tax-varying powers

Answer 5

(1) Yes: 74%
No: 26%
(2) Yes: 64%
No: 36%
Turnout: 60%

Question 6

1997 Welsh Assembly referendum result?

Answer 6

Yes: 50.3%
No: 49.7%
Turnout: 50.1%

Question 7

Scottish Parliament electoral system?

Answer 7

Additional member system
73 MSPs using FPTP
56 MSPs using PR, ‘topping up’ votes of smaller parties

Question 8

2016 Scottish Parliament election result?

Answer 8

SNP: 63 seats
Conservatives: 31 seats
Labour: 24 seats
Greens: 6 seats
LDEM: 5 seats

Question 9

What gave Scottish Parliament the power to set a Scottish Rate of Income tax?

Answer 9

Scotland Act (2012)

Question 10

Funding to Scottish Parliament per year?

Answer 10

£25-30 bn per year, depending on income tax rates etc

Question 11

Powers of Scottish Parliament?

Answer 11

Agriculture, education, environment, health, law and order, sport, tourism

Question 12

Reserved powers of Westminster?

Answer 12

Benefits, immigration, defence, foreign policy,

employment, trade, Constitutional matters

Question 13

Welsh Assembly electoral system?

Answer 13

Additional Member System
40 AMs using FPTP
20 AMs using PR ‘top up’

Question 14

2016 Welsh Assembly election result?

Answer 14

LAB: 29 seats
Plaid Cymru: 12 seats
CON: 11 seats
UKIP: 7 seats
LDEM: 1 seat

Question 15

Funding to Welsh Parliament per year?

Answer 15

About £15 bn

Question 16

Powers of Welsh Assembly?

Answer 16

Agriculture, culture, environment, health, housing, tourism

Question 17

What does the Scottish Parliament have that the Welsh Assembly does NOT have?

Answer 17

Tax-varying powers

Question 18

2014 Scottish Independence Referendum?

Answer 18

Yes: 45%
No: 55%
Turnout 85%

Question 19

Female MPs compared to female AMs

Answer 19

MPs: 29%
AMs: 42%

Question 20

Examples of policy divergence?

Answer 20

Scotland: No tuition fees
Wales: Free school milk for children under 7
N Ireland: Abolition of school league tables

Question 21

When was English Votes for English laws passed?

Answer 21

October 2015

Question 22

When did Westminster impose direct rule on N. Irish Parliament of Stormont?

Answer 22

1972

Question 23

When was the Good Friday Agreement?

Answer 23

1998

Question 24

What did the Good Friday Agreement achieve?

Answer 24

Creation of N. Ireland Assembly, ministerial posts based proportionally (not all from one party), British-Irish Council

Question 25

Which act allows Ministers to give some powers to local governments?

Answer 25

Localism Act (2011)

Question 26

Power of London Mayor and London Assembly?

Answer 26

Policing, transport, housing, planning and the environment

Question 27

How much public spending are local governments responsible for?

Answer 27

25%

Question 28

When was the treaty of Rome (establishing EEC)?

Answer 28

1957

Question 29

When was the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) introduced?

Answer 29

1979

Question 30

When was the Maastricht treaty? What did it do?

Answer 30

1991 - created EU, creation of single currency, principle of subsidiarity

Question 31

How many MEPs does the UK have?

Answer 31

73 (766 total)

Question 32

Reasons to leave the EU

Answer 32

Send net of £11 bn per year in membership fee, uncontrollable immigration, have full sovereignty and accountability

Question 33

Reasons to stay in the EU

Answer 33

Strength of single market (free trade with 27 other nations), security, help reformation