Thatcher + Rolling back the state Flash Cards

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Thatcher + Rolling back the state- How many civil servants were there in 1980? By how much had this been reduced by in 1988? How much was saved?
There were 732,000 civil servants in 1980. By 1988 22.5% of all civil servants had been sacked with £1bn saved.
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Thatcher + Rolling back the state- How many environment workers were sacked after Heseltine introduced MINIs?
1/4 of environment minister workers were sacked in 3 years.
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Thatcher + Rolling back the state- Which department was abolished in 1981? Hint: it was seen as a TU by Thatcher
The Civil Service Department.
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Thatcher + Rolling back the state- How many of the flexible agencies (after the civil service), that were in the private sector, were there in 1991?
57
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Thatcher + Rolling back the state- What percentage of Civil Servants now worked in these flexible agencies by 1997?
76% of Civil Servants worked in almost 100 different agencies.
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Thatcher + Rolling back the state- By how much was central government spending to local government cut by?
60% to 49%
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Thatcher + Rolling back the state- In order to stop Local Government gaining more money, what did Thatcher implement in 1984?
A rates cap on 18 councils
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Thatcher + Rolling back the state- Following the contracting out of council services, how far did the amount of government employees fall between 1979-1995?
2.5m in 1979 to 2.1m in 1995.
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Thatcher + Rolling back the state- Following the Housing Act of 1980, how many government houses were bought between the years 1982-1983?
204,000
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Thatcher + Rolling back the state- By how much did home ownership increase by in the years 1979-1990?
55% in 1979 to 63% in 1990.
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Thatcher + Rolling back the state- By how much did spending on the NHS rise between 1980-1987?
60%
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Thatcher + Rolling back the state- By how much did NHS shares increase by between 1979-1996?
12% in 1979 compared to 15% in 1996
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Thatcher + Rolling back the state- By how much did the overall cost of NHS managers increase by?
£25.7m to £383.8m
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Thatcher + Rolling back the state- By 1996 how many NHS trusts were in debt?
34
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Thatcher + Rolling back the state- How many hospital beds were lost between 1990-1994?
2%
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Thatcher + Rolling back the state- By how much did private health insurance increase by in the years 1955-1990? How many manual workers had this?
500,000 in 1955 to 6.6m in 1990. 1% of manual workers had it.
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Thatcher + Rolling back the state- When were GCSEs announced? When were they first implemented? When were they first marked?
Announced in 1985. Implemented in 1986. First marked in 1988.
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Thatcher + Rolling back the state- Under Thatcher, how much was the average tax per person ultimately raised by?
From 31%-37%.
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