British Government

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What form does the British Constitution take?
Uncodified
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Who wrote 'The Crown in Parliament'?
HLA Hart
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Cabinet meeting are an example of ?
Convention
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The constitutional rule of the immunity of judges derives from which source?
Common Law
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PMQ's is ...
A Convention
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In what way did Thatcher Fulfil the role as the PM
Ideologue
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Who wrote 'Primus Inter Pares'?
K. Dowding
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What is the Translation of ' Primus Inter Pares'?
First Among Equals
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What article did M. Fowley write?
Rise of the British Presidency
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How many Cabinet Minsiters are there currently?
21
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What Select Committee is currently examining the Ministerial code?
Public Service Committee
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What are the 3 main purposes of Parliament?
Scrutiny, representation, debate
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Maximum number of members on a select committee
50
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Minimum number of members of a select committee?
16
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Usual number of members on a select committee?
11
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First Lords Speaker?
Baroness Hayman
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Current Speaker of the House of Lords?
Lord Fowler
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Current Speaker of the Commons?
John Bercow
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First Female Speaker of the House of Commons?
Betty Boothroyd
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Who was the first PM to be called to speak infront of a select committee?
Tony Blair
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How many Lords are there currently?
800
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How many seats in the commons?
650
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How many seats are held by Labour in the commons?
260
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How many seats are held by the Conservative Party in the Commons?
316
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How Many hereditary Peers are there?
92
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How many Bishops sit in the Lords?
26
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How many Civil servants in 2016? approximately*
386,600
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How many Civil servants grade 7 or higher? Approx*
4000
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Current cabinet Secretary?
Jeremy Heywood
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What must all civil servants abide by?
The Civil service Code
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What are Senior Civil Servants also Known as?
Mandarins
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What is the name given to party political advisers hired directly by ministers?
SpAds
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How many Spads were hired during Cameron's time as PM?
79
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How many SpAds were hired under Blair?
72
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Highest Grade?
1
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How many seats on London Assembly?
25
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Highest Tier of local Authority?
County Council
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Lowest Tier of Local Authority?
Parish
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How Many London Boroughs?
33
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Usual Turnout in local elections?
30 - 42 %
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Usual Council Terms?
4 years
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What Percentage of public expenditure is spent by local authorities?
22%
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Number of people employed by local government?
2.3 million
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How many employed by Central government?
3 million
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When was the first election to the London Assembly?
2000
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First Mayor of London
Ken Livingstone
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Total UK public Expenditure?
780 billion
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Total local authority expenditure?
94 billion
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What was the neccessary threshold for devolution in the 1979 referendums?
40%
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When were the first devolution referendums held?
1979
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In 1997 how many voted 'Yes' in the Scottish Referendum?
74%
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In 1997 how many voted yes in the Welsh Referendum?
50.3%
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When was the referendum for increased devolution to The Welsh Assembly?
2011
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When was the Scottish Independence Referendum held?
2014
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What percentage voted against Scottish Independence?
55.3
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Who is the current First Minister of Scotland?
Nichola Sturgeon
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Who is the current First Minister of Wales?
Carwyn Jones
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When was the Scottish Parliament established?
1999
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When was the Welsh Assembly established?
1987
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How many seats in the Welsh Assembly?
60
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How many elected seats in Scottish Parliament?
129
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How many seats in the Scottish Parliament?
131
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What is Stagflation?
High inflation, slow business rate, high unemployment.
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What year was the fall of Callaghan?
1979
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What party considers federal government?
Lib Dem
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Who created the formula used to calculate UK public spending per head of population?
Joel Barnett
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The EU is a ...................... Authority.
Supranational
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Following the 2011 Referendum how many new subject areas could the Welsh Assembly now make laws regarding?
20
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