Role and Power of Devolved UK bodies

Question 1

Devolution In England

Answer 1

There has been devolution of power to region and cities in England

Question 2

EVEL (scrapped in July 2021)

Answer 2

Answwer to the West Lothian Question

Meant that certain parliamentary votes can only be attended by MP’s from England or/and Wales

Applied to votes in areas of education, criminal and health law

Question 3

Decentralisation of powers to cities

Answer 3

Granting some city mayors with more financial powers and control over their own city budget

powers also include keeping revenue from business rates to invest in city projects. Devolution deals have involved Manchester, Cornwall and Liverpool

Question 4

Scottish Parliament and Government

Answer 4

Scottish devolution has taken place as a result of the 1998 Scotland Act and 2016 Scotland Act

Question 5

Scotland Act 1998

Answer 5

established a parliament which has powers of its own over education, policing, criminal and civil law, the health service and vary the rate of income tax

Question 6

Scotland Act 2016

Answer 6

Scotland’s 2nd stage of devolution for greater powers demanded, which was clear following the Independence Referendum 2014

Question 7

Powers transferred to Scotland

Answer 7

Control over tax rates, some business tax and control over half of VAT receipts

Other powers including the regulation of the energy industry, control over welfare services and widening of the ereas where Scottish Parliament could pass laws

Question 8

Welsh Assembly and Government

Answer 8

Welsh devolution too place through 1998 Government of Wales Act and 2014 Government of Wales Act

Question 9

Government of Wales Act 1998

Answer 9

Created assembly with en execuutive drawn from it to be led by the first minister

1998 the Assembly has no law making or financial powers, granted power to run pubic services and allocated funding it receives from Westminster to those servces. Including health, public transport, education

Question 10

Governmet of Wales Act 2014

Answer 10

The Act gave powers to stamp futy and business taxes

Act stated a referndum would be held to decide whether wales had some control over income tax…
2015 Welsh gov was granted powers over income tax up to £3 billion per year without a referendum

Question 11

NI Assembly and Executive

Answer 11

Established as a result of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998

Question 12

Good Friday Agreement

Answer 12

NI had various powerd until 1972 when it dissolved

Proportional Representation is used to elect so all section society would be represented

All major parties in NI were guaranteed ministerial positions as it was based on power sharing.

Question 13

Powers Devolved

Answer 13

Powers such as healthcare, transport, policing and education

NI assembly was granted power to pass laws not reserved to Westminter Parliament

Question 14

Dissolved Parliament

Answer 14

NI Assembly dissoled in 2002 following tensions between Loyalist and Republican
Re-opened in 2007, but collapsed in January 2017 again