Political Developments: New Deal Policies 2 Flashcards
When was the Freedom of Information Act passed?
2000
What did the Freedom of Information Act allow
Allowed the public to request information on public authorities
Name an act and the year it was passed helping the effectiveness of the 2000 Freedom of Information Act
Data Protection Act, 1998
Why did the Data Protection Act make the Freedom of Information Act more effective?
It helped to clarify which information the public could request
What did the Freedom of Information Act help to build between the public and government?
Helped to build trust
What concept did the 1999 Working Families Credit Act try to help with?
Social exclusion
What is social exclusion?
The idea that the poorest in society have been shut off from the main part of society
Name an organization and the year it was set up to deal with social exclusion
The Social Exclusion Unit, in 1997
What did the Social Exclusion Unit help to show to Britain?
That social exclusion was an issue on a national level
What did Labour emphasise with the Working Families Credit Act of 1999?
That it was not a benefit
How did Labour enforce the idea that the Working Families Credit Act of 1999 was not a benefit?
The additional money would appear on their paycheck
What act related to crime was created in 1998?
Crime and Disorder Act
How did Blair want to treat crime?
He wanted to be ‘tough on crime’
What did polls in 1997 show about what percentage of people felt about crime?
75% felt crime was increasing
What teams did the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act create?
Youth offending teams?
What was the aim of youth offending teams?
To stop young people committing crimes later in life
What issue arose with greater police power given in the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act?
People felt ethnic minorities were more likely to be stopped and searched
How did Labour respond to claims of police officers being more likely to stop and search ethnic minorities? When?
Set up the Independent Police Complaints Commission in 2004
What was the scale of CCTV cameras introduced in Britain during Blair’s time as Prime Minister?
More CCTV cameras in Britain than any other nation
Name an event which increased Labour’s movement for anti-terrorism in Blair’s first term
9/11
Between which years did the number of prisoners increase by 25%?
1997 and 2006
How many criminal offence classifications were created between 1997 and 2006?
3000
What form of officers were created in the Police Reform Act of 2002?
Police Community Support Officers
Why were Police Community Support Officers introduced?
To make neighborhoods trust the police more
When was Section 28 of the 1988 Local Government Act repealed?
2003
What did it mean if Section 28 of the Local Government Act was repealed?
Schools would now be able to say homosexual relationships were legitimate
When was the Civil Partnership Act created?
2004
What did the Civil Partnership Act do?
Gave same-sex couples the same legal rights as male-female married couples
What did the 2004 Gender Recognition Act do?
It meant transgender people’s gender was officially reognised by the government
Which institution helped create the 2004 Gender Recognition Act?
European Court of Human Rights
What did the 2004 Employment Act do for strike action?
It required a ballot to be made for a strike
What were Trade Unions given access to with the 2004 Employment Act?
Information on how the companies they worked in were changing
What did the 2004 Employment Act do for government funding? Why?
The Government would fund trade unions to help them modernise
How can it be seen Trade Union membership had declined by 2006?
By 2006, only 16% of the workforce were in trade unions
What was significant about the figure of trade union membership by 2006?
It was the lowest it had been since 1945.
