The North South Divide

Question 1

What is the North-South divide?

Answer 1

The north-south divide is a term used to describe the social, economic and cultural disparities between the London and the south-east of England and the rest of the UK.

Question 2

What examples are there to prove the North South divide?

Answer 2

• in the North 2018 the average household GDI was £16,996 in the North but £29,362 in the South
  -in the North east unemployment is at 6.6% but 3.3% in the south

Question 3

What is being done to help with the divide?

Answer 3

-infrastructure improvements such as HS2 are designed to improve access to the North to help businesses trade
-renewing Northern cities, this means improving cities such as Manchester to attract businesses. Google’s offices are now in Manchester
-enterprise zones have been located to encourage businesses to relocate there creating job opportunities e.g. business discounts of over 5 years and financial help to support machinery

Question 4

What is HS2?

Answer 4

-A major transport project designed to improve rail journey in the Uk so journey times between cities of the Nortb will be reduced so people can get to more businesses

Question 5

What are the advantages of HS2?

Answer 5

-the rail link could act as a way of growing industries in the North. The government expects 70% of jobs to be created outside of London
-the government claims it will move millions of air and road trips to rail meaning less carbon emissions

Question 6

What are the disadvantages of HS2?

Answer 6

-the government usually invests £50bn a year on this project yet predictions mean that the project will use this only after 10months
-infrastructure supporting the line will be built on 250acres of green belt land