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. According to Kay, 'The main role of government today is in …'

The exercise of authority correct incorrect

Raising taxes correct incorrect

The enforcement of law correct incorrect

The provision of goods and services correct incorrect

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. The criterion used to distinguish between the public and private sectors is:

Financing correct incorrect

Where control lies correct incorrect

Whether an organization is a market body correct incorrect

Ownership correct incorrect

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. In September 2016 total UK public sector employment stood at:

12.442 million correct incorrect

8.442 million correct incorrect

5.442 million correct incorrect

3.442 million correct incorrect

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. In 2016 the largest share of the public sector workforce in the UK was:

Public corporations correct incorrect

Education correct incorrect

HM Forces correct incorrect

National Health Service (NHS) correct incorrect

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. In 2016-17 UK government spending was expected by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to be roughly equivalent to what percentage of national income?

40 correct incorrect

50 correct incorrect

60 correct incorrect

30 correct incorrect

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. OECD stands for:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Democracy correct incorrect

Organisation for European Co-operation and Development correct incorrect

Office for Expenditure Control and Diligence correct incorrect

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development correct incorrect

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. It is conventional political wisdom that the first duty of government is to:

Promote the sporting success of the country correct incorrect

Control inflation correct incorrect

Protect its citizens from threats to their lives and property correct incorrect

Improve the welfare of its citizens correct incorrect

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. 'Nationalization' refers to the process of:

Providing public services on a nation-wide basis correct incorrect

Taking private sector businesses or industries into
public or 'common' ownership correct incorrect

The UK as a nation state taking back control of lawmaking from the EU through 'Brexit' correct incorrect

Requiring immigrants to adopt the national way of life correct incorrect

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. In the context of privatization in the UK, regulatory bodies such as Oftel and Ofgas were created to:

Allow government to maintain control of the privatized firms correct incorrect

Control executive pay in the privatized firms correct incorrect

Enforce acceptable market behaviour correct incorrect

Enable workers' control or industrial democracy correct incorrect

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. The welfare state can be seen as a dimension of citizenship involving a specific form of rights. These are:

Human rights correct incorrect

Political rights correct incorrect

Civil rights correct incorrect

Social rights correct incorrect

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. According to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) in 2015-16 how much did the UK public sector spend on the 'welfare state', broadly defined?

£486 billion (about 26 per cent of GDP) correct incorrect

£243 billion (about 13 per cent of GDP) correct incorrect

£729 billion (about 39 per cent of GDP) correct incorrect

£972 billion (about 52 per cent of GDP) correct incorrect

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. In which year were university tuition fees introduced in England?

2008 correct incorrect

2003 correct incorrect

1998 correct incorrect

1993 correct incorrect