Political Developments: Devolution and Information Legislation

Question 1

What does Devolution mean?

Answer 1

Giving more powers to nations within the UK

Question 2

When was the Scottish Parliament created?

Answer 2

1998

Question 3

What percentage of Scottish people voted in favour of having a Scottish Parliament?

Answer 3

75%

Question 4

When was the Welsh parliament created?

Answer 4

1998

Question 5

How narrow was the victory in deciding the creation of the Welsh Parliament?

Answer 5

0.6% margin

Question 6

Why was this significant for Scotland and Wales in terms of Progressivism with the gender of MP’s?

Answer 6

There could be more female MP’s

Question 7

What percentage of the Welsh Parliament were female?

Answer 7

40%

Question 8

What percentage of the Scottish Parliament were female?

Answer 8

35%

Question 9

When did the Welsh Parliament reach 50% female members?

Answer 9

2002

Question 10

What was significant for the number of female MP’s post-1997 for Wales?

Answer 10

Before 1997, they only ever elected 4 female MP’s

Question 11

Why was Devolution significiant for Scottish political progress?

Answer 11

Parties like the SNP were gaining popularity

Question 12

Name an event that caused the SNP to become more popular and when it occurred

Answer 12

Poll Tax introduction to Scotland in 1989

Question 13

When did the Freedom of Information Act of 2000 come into force?

Answer 13

2005

Question 14

What did the Freedom of Information Act allow?

Answer 14

Allowed people to request information about public authorities

Question 15

Which act allowed individuals to access their personal data?

Answer 15

The 1998 Data Protection Act

Question 16

What was the aim of the Information legislation acts?

Answer 16

To increase trust between the public and the government

Question 17

Which white paper were both information acts influenced by? When did it come out?

Answer 17

“Your Right to Know”, which came out in 1997