Political Developments: New Deal Policies 2

Question 1

When was the Freedom of Information Act passed?

Answer 1

2000

Question 2

What did the Freedom of Information Act allow

Answer 2

Allowed the public to request information on public authorities

Question 3

Name an act and the year it was passed helping the effectiveness of the 2000 Freedom of Information Act

Answer 3

Data Protection Act, 1998

Question 4

Why did the Data Protection Act make the Freedom of Information Act more effective?

Answer 4

It helped to clarify which information the public could request

Question 5

What did the Freedom of Information Act help to build between the public and government?

Answer 5

Helped to build trust

Question 6

What concept did the 1999 Working Families Credit Act try to help with?

Answer 6

Social exclusion

Question 7

What is social exclusion?

Answer 7

The idea that the poorest in society have been shut off from the main part of society

Question 8

Name an organization and the year it was set up to deal with social exclusion

Answer 8

The Social Exclusion Unit, in 1997

Question 9

What did the Social Exclusion Unit help to show to Britain?

Answer 9

That social exclusion was an issue on a national level

Question 10

What did Labour emphasise with the Working Families Credit Act of 1999?

Answer 10

That it was not a benefit

Question 11

How did Labour enforce the idea that the Working Families Credit Act of 1999 was not a benefit?

Answer 11

The additional money would appear on their paycheck

Question 12

What act related to crime was created in 1998?

Answer 12

Crime and Disorder Act

Question 13

How did Blair want to treat crime?

Answer 13

He wanted to be ‘tough on crime’

Question 14

What did polls in 1997 show about what percentage of people felt about crime?

Answer 14

75% felt crime was increasing

Question 15

What teams did the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act create?

Answer 15

Youth offending teams?

Question 16

What was the aim of youth offending teams?

Answer 16

To stop young people committing crimes later in life

Question 17

What issue arose with greater police power given in the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act?

Answer 17

People felt ethnic minorities were more likely to be stopped and searched

Question 18

How did Labour respond to claims of police officers being more likely to stop and search ethnic minorities? When?

Answer 18

Set up the Independent Police Complaints Commission in 2004

Question 19

What was the scale of CCTV cameras introduced in Britain during Blair’s time as Prime Minister?

Answer 19

More CCTV cameras in Britain than any other nation

Question 20

Name an event which increased Labour’s movement for anti-terrorism in Blair’s first term

Answer 20

9/11

Question 21

Between which years did the number of prisoners increase by 25%?

Answer 21

1997 and 2006

Question 22

How many criminal offence classifications were created between 1997 and 2006?

Answer 22

3000

Question 23

What form of officers were created in the Police Reform Act of 2002?

Answer 23

Police Community Support Officers

Question 24

Why were Police Community Support Officers introduced?

Answer 24

To make neighborhoods trust the police more

Question 25

When was Section 28 of the 1988 Local Government Act repealed?

Answer 25

2003

Question 26

What did it mean if Section 28 of the Local Government Act was repealed?

Answer 26

Schools would now be able to say homosexual relationships were legitimate

Question 27

When was the Civil Partnership Act created?

Answer 27

2004

Question 28

What did the Civil Partnership Act do?

Answer 28

Gave same-sex couples the same legal rights as male-female married couples

Question 29

What did the 2004 Gender Recognition Act do?

Answer 29

It meant transgender people’s gender was officially reognised by the government

Question 30

Which institution helped create the 2004 Gender Recognition Act?

Answer 30

European Court of Human Rights

Question 31

What did the 2004 Employment Act do for strike action?

Answer 31

It required a ballot to be made for a strike

Question 32

What were Trade Unions given access to with the 2004 Employment Act?

Answer 32

Information on how the companies they worked in were changing

Question 33

What did the 2004 Employment Act do for government funding? Why?

Answer 33

The Government would fund trade unions to help them modernise

Question 34

How can it be seen Trade Union membership had declined by 2006?

Answer 34

By 2006, only 16% of the workforce were in trade unions

Question 35

What was significant about the figure of trade union membership by 2006?

Answer 35

It was the lowest it had been since 1945.