GEOGRAPHY - Causes of Income and Wealth Inequality

Question 1

What percentage of
• Glasgow’s residents
• Moray council’s residents
live in areas of high deprivation?

Answer 1

47%
less than 5%

Question 2

What is the
• UK average unemployment rate
• unemployment rate in the West Midlands
• unemployment rate in the South West

Answer 2

• 3.9% (4)
• 5.1% (5)
• 2.8% (3)

Question 3

What is the link between mining and shipping areas and poverty?

Answer 3

Many coal mining and shipbuilding areas in the UK are now areas of high poverty rates - this is due to the decline of these industries through the 70s and 80s causing income to the area to fall. E.g Glasgow.

Question 4

How many in every 100 new jobs created in the UK are in
• the north?
• london and the south-east?

Answer 4

1 in 100
Over half

Question 5

Due to the pandemic, how much did the claiming of unemployment benefits increase in
• Oxford and Cambridge?
• Blackpool, Liverpool and Hull?

Answer 5

1%
3%

Question 6

What is the attainment gap between the North East and London/the South East in A-level results?

Answer 6

9%

Question 7

How much more expensive were house prices near the 10% best performing primary schools?

Answer 7

8%