Modern studies - women and ethnic minorities

Question 1

Representation - women

Who, recently, became the first female chancellor ?

Answer 1

Rachel Reeves

Question 2

Representation - women

51% of the uk population is female. What percentage of MPs are female ?

Answer 2

40%

Question 3

Representation - ethnic minorities

Scotland had only ever elected 4 ethnic minority MSPs in total to serve until 2021. How many ethnic minority MSPs where elected in 2021 ?

Answer 3

6

Question 4

Crime - women

How many women, in 2023, where estimated to have experienced domestic abuse ?

Answer 4

1.4 million

Question 5

Crime - women

_ women a week - or _ a month - are killed by a current or ex-partner in England and Wales.

Answer 5

2 and 8

Question 6

Crime - ethnic minorities

_ in 5 of those stopped and searched is male and ethnic minority teenagers.

Answer 6

1 in 5

Question 7

Over a x of the prison population are from ethnic minority backgrounds.

Answer 7

A quarter

Question 8

Crime - ethnic minorities

What percentage of BAME people in London live in poverty ?

Answer 8

39%

Question 8

Economy - women

In society, women are described as the ‘x-x’ of poverty, as they tend to bear responsibility of household management.

Answer 8

‘Shock-absorbers’

Question 9

Ethnic minorities are ?x more likely to be in deep poverty compared to white people?

Answer 9

2.2x