Urban Policy And Regeneration In Britain

Question 1

What is urban policy?

Answer 1

This relates to the strategies chosen by local or central governments to manage the development of urban areas.

Question 2

What type of development did early strategies focus on and when.

Answer 2

In the 1980s most strategies focused on top down projects.

Question 3

What type of development did later schemes focus on?

Answer 3

The government recognised the need to adopt a more holistic approach and so tackled problems from the bottom up.

Question 4

Between 1979 and 1991, what did these policies focus on?

Answer 4

Emphasis on property led initiatives and the creation of entrepreneurial culture.
Emphasis on the private sector.
Local businesses were encouraged to spend money on buying land, marketing and building infrastructure.

Question 5

What were the main focuses in policy based on between 1991 and 1997?

Answer 5

The policy was based on partnership schemes and competition.
Focus on the partnerships between the private sector, local communities, the voluntary sector and the local authority.
Strategies focused on tackling issues in run down parts of the city.

Question 6

What did initiatives between 1997-2000 focus on?

Answer 6

They focused on area based initiatives.
The idea was to narrow the gap between the most deprived areas and the rest of the country.
Local authorities set targets and allocated funding to assist them.

Question 7

What are people wanting in the future?

Answer 7

A greater devolution of power.

Question 8

What is devolution?

Answer 8

This is the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration.

Question 9

Which English city has devolved power?

Answer 9

Greater Manchester

Question 10

When did Greater Manchester get devolved powers?

Answer 10

2014

Question 11

What was the main concern in regards to the general devolution of power in Greater Manchester?

Answer 11

People were concerned that the risks outweighed the benefits.

Question 12

What was the main health concern in regards to devolving power to Greater Manchester?

Answer 12

There were worries that the NHS may struggle to cope with the change as the city has some of the worst health outcomes in the UK.

Question 13

Is the average life expectancy in Greater Manchester higher or lower than the national average?

Answer 13

The life expectancy is lower than the national average for both males and females.

Question 14

What is the total population for the whole of Greater Manchester?

Answer 14

2.8 million

Question 15

When did health spending start in Greater Manchester?

Answer 15

April 2016

Question 16

What budgets did the city have control over?

Answer 16

The transport budget
Business support budget
Health budget

Question 17

What was the potential thing that to council could do in regards to the transport budget?

Answer 17

The was potential for franchising bus services and integrating smart ticketing across all modes of transport as well as exploring opportunities to devolve train stations.

Question 18

What grant did the city also control?

Answer 18

The city had control over the apprenticeship grant for employers and the power to restart further education.

Question 19

What was the investment fund that Greater Manchester had control over?

Answer 19

The council had control over the new £300million house investment fund.