Social - Key Facts Flashcards
Devolution Reforms
- Scottish Assembly
- Welsh Assembly
- Good Friday Agreement
- Introdcution of Elected London Mayors
Act that gave people the right to request information from public bodies
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Act that incorporated the ECHR into British Law
Human Rights Act 1998
National Parties for Scotland and Wales
- SNP
- Plaid Cymru
Person who Blair tried to block to be a London Mayor
Ken Livingstone
Looney Left
Name of the Act which aimed to reform the House of Lords
House of Lords Reform Act
Number of hereditary peers in the HOL
92
Person who led the commission looking into an alternative voting system
Roy Jenkins
Blair described himself as … for passing the Freedom of Information Act
‘Naive, Foolish, Irresponsible, nincompoop’
Name of the Act which the government were forced to amend under the HRA
Criminal Justice Act 2003
Number of farmers and lorry drivers that protested in response to the rising fuel prices
200
Number of cattle that had to be killed due to Foot and Mouth Disease
10 Million
Organisation that was against the ban on hunting with dogs
Country Alliance
Number of people that attented the Country Alliance march
500,000 People
European policy that the Labour government opted back into
European Social Charter
Policy that was designed to help certain groups find work
The New Deal
Act that introduced a National Minimum Wage
National Minimum Wage Act
Form of benefit that Brown introduced
Tax Credits
Percentage decrease in union membership
From 29% to 26%
Industry that was sold off
Air Traffic Control Organisation
Company that was moved to a private-public partnership
London Underground
Trade Union that was expelled from the Labour Party
RMT
Number of female MPs after the 1997 General Election
120
Policy that Labour had introduced in 1997 which increased the number of female MPs
All-women shortlists
Number of hours of childcare all 3-4 year olds were entitled to
12.5 Hours
Percentage decrease in the number of FSTE 100 companies that had no women on their board
From 36% to 24%
Percentage of Women’s wages compared to men in 2007
87%
Number of times more housework women did than men
3
People that Blair invited to his celebration party due to the success of the 1997 general election
- Noel Gallagher
- Vivienne Westwood
- Helen Mirren
Measures to end social exclusion
- Social Exclusion Unit
- Sure Start Centres
Decrease in child tax credits by 2005
1/4
Percentage of people Labour wanted to attend univeristy
50%
Percentage of young people that were NEETs
20%
A court order which was introduced to put limits on what defendents could do
Antisocial Behaviour Order (ASBO)
Percentage of ASBOs that went to under 17 year olds
46%
First Black Cabinet Minister
Paul Boateng
London successfully bid to hold …
2012 Olympic Games
Report that was published looking into the murder of Stephen Lawrence
MacPherson Report
Fraction of migrants from Poland that returned home
1/3
Percentage of voters that saw immigration as a vital issue from 1997 to 2007
From 3% to 30%
Newspaper that was anti-immigration
Daily Express
Pressure group that was against immigration
Migration Watch
Person who set up Migration Watch
Sir Andrew Green
Cabinet position that was created to work with local communities to create extremism
Secretary of State for Local government and Communities
Number of people killed in the London Terror 7/7 attacks
52
Person that organised the 7/7 terrorist attack
Mohammed Sidique Kahn
Young Brazillian that was killed for being mistaken for a terrorist
Jean Charles de Menezes
Controversial Act that Labour introduced to ‘fight extremism’
National Identity Card Act
Act that meant suspected terrorists could be held without charge to 28 days
Terrorist Act 2006
