Chapter 8 Multiple Choice Questions

. How many non-ministerial departments are there within the civil service?

15

20

21

18

. In the UK there is a lot of focus on the top-grade civil servants. What is this part of the hierarchy called?

Top Rank Civil Service

Higher Civil Service

The Senior Civil Service

High Grade Civil Service

. What body is at the centre, supporting the prime minister and cabinet?

The Treasury

The Ministerial Affairs Office

The Executive Office

The Cabinet Office

. Who is the main civil servant?

The Chief Civil Servant

There is no one main person, but the most powerful civil servants are the senior civil servants.

The Cabinet Secretary

The Civil Servant Secretary

. Which document holds the informal principles and working practices of civil servants?

The Civil Service Code

The Civil Service Handbook

The Civil Service Oath

The Civil Service constitution

. SpAds can be appointed as a solution to the principal-agent problem between civil servants and ministers. What does SpAds stand for?

Senior personnel and designated servicers

Special Advisors

Senior Advisors

Senior personnel advisory leads

. What does Dunleavy's bureaus-shaping argument (1991) state?

This is the idea that bureaucrats wish to maximise their core budget close to their operations and are less concerned with the size of other budgets they control, such as those that transfer to other organisations.

This is the idea that bureaucrats wish to maximise their contact with ministers and are less concerned with efficiency. Thus, bureaucrats promote policy reform so as to build a close relationship with the relevant minister working on the reform.

This is the idea that bureaucrats wish to minimise their workload and thus are more likely to affirm practices proposed by the government. Though this contradicts political neutrality, it is hard to detect within the bureaucratic system.

. Sir Ivan Rogers, the government's chief diplomat to the EU, left the civil service in 2017. His advice was not to the liking of Theresa May's Brexit supporting government at the time. What is this an example of?

The politicisation of the civil service (Peters, 2013)

Partisan factionalisation (Peters, 2013)

Internal political polarisation (Peters, 2013)

Failed neutrality (Peters, 2013)

. What does NPM stand for?

Neutral policy management

New policy management

New private management

New public management

. Dowding et al (2014) found that some of the urban areas analysed got more funds because ministers had constituencies located there. What is this an example of?

Barrel Politics

Pork barrel politics

Pork-spending politics

Pork politics

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