Statistics for Edexcel Politics 4. The Executive & Institutional Relations

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Question or Term	Answer	% Correct
Boris Johnson's Special Advisor accused of being excessively powerful, having lead the Vote Leave campaign and played a significant role in orchestrating the Cabinet reshuffle of February 2020	Dominic Cummings	100%
That court based in Strasbourg though not part of the European Union in which human rights cases can be heard	European Court of Human Rights	100%
When a judge in court declares an important point of law, such as its meaning or application that all other courts and judges must follow in similar cases	Judicial Precedent	100%
Can judgments by the European Court of Human Rights be appealed?	No	100%
The individual who serves as chief policy maker and chief executive	Prime Minister	100%
That individual whose five sources of power reside in their; prerogative powers, patronage, party, Parliament, and collective cabinet responsibility	Prime Minister	100%
That highest UK court the two operating principles of which are judicial independence and judicial neutrality	Supreme Court	100%
That successor to the Law Lords who hold more authority than the latter due to its separation of powers and greater transparency in appointments	Supreme Court	100%
The number of the twelve Supreme Court judges that went to Oxford or Cambridge Universities as of June 2020	Ten	100%
A 2010 act passed to allow the government to freeze the assets of suspected terrorists, after the Supreme Court had ruled such activity unlawful in HM Treasury v Ahmed	Terrorist Asset-Freezing Act	100%
That prime minister that placated their party by including a wider range of views in Cabinet in the form of making Old Labour John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister	Tony Blair	100%
The number of the twelve Supreme Court judges who are women as of June 2020	Two	100%
The legislative body of the European Union, composed of MEP's who can veto appointments to the European Commission, and can amend or - in some circumstances - block legislation	European Parliament	75%
That prime minister that placated their party by including a wider range of views in Cabinet in the form of including One Nation Conservatives	Margaret Thatcher	67%
That individual whose four sources of authority arise from; tradition, their party, Parliament, and the people	Prime Minister	67%
The highest court in the UK, consisting of 12 senior judges, that only hears appeals from lower courts (usually the High Court and Courts of Appeal), mainly dealing with interpretations of the law, which can apply widely in society	Supreme Court	67%
The Home Secretary who - in an example of individual ministerial responsibility - resigned as a result of the Windrush Scandal on the 29th April 2018	Amber Rudd	50%
That formal position of the Prime Minister - the role of committing the armed forces to action of which - is being increasingly challenged by Parliament	Commander in Chief	50%
That policy introduced in Scotland in 1989 and England and Wales in 1990 which proved instrumental in the downfall of Margaret Thatcher due to its regressive nature	Community Charge	50%
A now largely obsolete phrase coined by Conservative minister Lord Hailsham in 1976, referring to the reality that, if it commands a House of Commons majority, the government has great power and can behave almost as a dictator	Elective Dictatorship	50%
A European Union court, and the highest court of appeal for member states, that deals with disputes between member states, interprets European Union law, and can punish member states for infractions of European Union law, its rulings being binding on all member states	European Court of Justice	50%
That conflict which - alongside Labour Party disarray after the Winter of Discontent - characterised Margaret Thatcher's first term as Prime Minister	Falklands War	50%
Those two conflicts in which there was an exception to the common held rule of the Prime Minister also being the leader of a political party	First World War and Second World War	50%
The concept that judges should exercise no bias toward any political philosophy or section of society and thus should not affiliate with any political party or pressure group, and should keep out of the public eye as much as possible	Judicial Neutrality	50%
The process whereby judges review the actions of public officials and bodies in order to determine whether or not they have acted in a lawful manner	Judicial Review	50%
The twelve crossbenchers from the House of Lords who acted as the highest court in the UK until the 2005 Constitutional Reform Act became active in 2009	Lords of Appeal in Ordinary	50%
A document setting out the standards of conduct expected of ministers which is subject to revision by two committees, being updated for each new administration and Parliament	Ministerial Code	50%
Those powers inherited by the prime minister from the monarch that serve as the place from which the former's traditional authority arises	Prerogative Powers	50%
That individual who cannot be dismissed by Parliament, unless as part of a motion of no confidence that dismisses the government in its entirety	Prime Minister	50%
That which the Prime Minister must do if forced to step down as party leader or if they contest and lose a party leadership election	Resign	50%
Those arbitrary powers of patronage, conducting foreign policy, negotiating treaties, and conducting military affairs, formerly held by the monarch but now by the prime minister	Royal Prerogative	50%
That EU law which is controversial due to its being set at a standard minimum 15% rate with a reduced minimum rate of 5% for certain products preventing the UK from waiving it on things such as women's sanitary products or fuel bils	Value Added Tax	50%
That, one of the principles of which - namely that ministers should resign over serious errors of judgement or of their department - has largely fallen out of disuse	Individual Ministerial Responsibility	33%
The concept that the judicial branch should be independent from and free of collusion with the other branches of governments, public opinion, and the media	Judicial Independence	33%
That legislation made via an Act of Parliament or under the royal prerogative	Primary Legislation	33%
That body which has been criticised for its power to establish precedent through common law being 'quasi-legislative'	Supreme Court	33%
That body, vacancies of which are filled by a Selection Commission being established consisting of senior law officers from the whole of the UK which recommends a candidate to the Lord Chancellor who can question the choice of but not veto the candidate selected	Supreme Court	33%
The average number of judicial review applications per year, the majority being unsuccessful	4,000	25%
The day, month, and year in which Cabinet members defied collective ministerial responsibility and voted against the government over Brexit yet faced no consequences for it	11th March 2019	0%
The years in which the Labour and Conservative parties respectively introduced formal elections for party leadership as opposed to a consultation process	1922 and 1965	0%
The number of life peers appointed since 1997 as of July 2019	694	0%
Regulations made by ministers under powers granted by Parliament	Administrative Law	0%
That which Parliament was requested to do by the government to the three statutes affected by the three declarations of incompatibility made by the Supreme Court between 2010 and 2015	Amend	0%
Either of those principle documents presented by the chancellor to Cabinet on the eve of either of their presentations to Parliament	Autumn Statement and the Budget	0%
That body of between 20 and 25 senior ministers that approves policy and settles disputes within government	Cabinet	0%
That body, the influence of which, is much determined by the extent to which the prime minister uses them genuinely as a sounding board or as just a rubber stamp	Cabinet	0%
A small subcommittee of cabinet members and other junior ministers usually chaired by the prime minister or a very senior minister, than establishes the details of government policies, their recommendations usually being adopted by full cabinet	Cabinet Committee	0%
Where the main decision making of government takes place in cabinet, now much superseded by 'prime ministerial government'	Cabinet Government	0%
The moving of MP's between and into Cabinet positions during an administration	Cabinet Reshuffle	0%
The most senior civil servant whose job it is to serve the prime minister personally and cabinet collectively	Cabinet Secretary	0%
That law which is established by judicial precedent	Case Law	0%
Those cases that the Supreme Court does not hear	Cases in the First Instance	0%
Cases that have yet to be heard in any court	Cases in the First Instance	0%
The government during which Cabinet regained some prominence due to being required to manage the issues and conflicts arising from a form of government very uncommon in the UK	Coalition	0%
That which was suspended during the coalition government - except over the 'coalition agreement' and during the EU membership referendum in which ministers were permitted to express views counter to the government position	Collective Ministerial Responsibility	0%
The principle that ministers recognise the confidentiality of cabinet meetings and are collectively responsible for government policies which they must publicly support or resign/be dismissed by the prime minister	Collective Ministerial Responsibility	0%
The central part of government and centre of power where key decisions are made, consisting of the prime minister, cabinet, senior civil servants, government departments, and a few senior party officials	Core Executive	0%
The legally sovereign bodies of the European Union that each deal with a particular aspect of European Union activity (agriculture, transport, &c) the roles of which are to negotiate final legislation and ratify new laws	Council of Ministers	0%
A sovereign body of the European Union that meets twice per annum, composed of the heads of government of European Union member states that ratifies important decisions and occasionally agrees new treaties	Council of the European Union	0%
Those courts that hear appeals from lower courts, either questioning the outcome of cases or in order to clarify a difficult point of law, of which there are both civil and criminal divisions	Courts of Appeal	0%
Where judges such as those in the Supreme Court can - through the process of judicial review - declare that a statute is incompatible with the Human Rights Act, and thereby invite Parliament to reconsider the offending statute	Declaration of Incompatibility	0%
Law declared by a court on the concept of fairness where no existing law can be found	Equity	0%
The European Union's civil service, staffed by unelected officials responsible for developing, proposing, and organising the implementation of policies, and drafting European Union legislation	European Commission	0%
A European Union trade bloc in which member states abolish tariffs between one another to facilitate trade, and member states cannot negotiate separate trade deals with external countries	European Union Customs Union	0%
The policies promoting and facilitating European Union economic integration and development through grants, subsidies, and a shared currency - for those eurozone member states	European Union Economic and Monetary Union	0%
The free movement of goods, services, capital, labour, and people across the borders of member states, with all goods and services produced and sold under a unified set of regulations	European Union Single Market	0%
A principle of the rule of law that everyone must be treated equally under the law	Formal Equality	0%
That facet of the European Union composed of the free movement of people, labour, financial capital, and goods and services	Four Freedoms	0%
Where sovereignty resides with whichever body or individual has ultimate power over a political issue, such as devolved administrations on devolved issues, or the Prime Minister in appointing ministers	Functional Sovereignty	0%
The Defence Secretary who was sacked for conduct - namely due to evidence he supposedly leaked from a National Security Council meeting - on the 1st May 2019	Gavin Williamson	0%
A body headed by a senior - normally cabinet - minister, that is subdivided into sections, each headed by a junior minister and staffed by a bureaucracy of civil servants and political advisors	Government Department	0%
The current and ongoing public inquiry as of July 2019	Grenfell Tower Inquiry	0%
A collection of courts dealing with civil law disputes, such as family law, negligence cases, reviews of government decisions, and occasionally, constitutional issues	High Court	0%
That party centred issue which determines the strength of the Prime Minister's power in Parliament	House of Commons Majority	0%
The principle that ministers are responsible for their own conduct as well as the policies and decisions of their department regardless of their own involvement and should resign in the event of serious errors, or poor conduct	Individual Ministerial Responsibility	0%
A small group of very senior ministers including the Prime Minister, who dominate the development of government policy	Inner Cabinet	0%
Those individuals who usually chair public inquiries due to their experience of such issues and their independence from government	Judges	0%
That which can only be changed or overturned by a ruling in a higher level court	Judicial Precedent	0%
That the use of which increased after 1977 due to the procedure for citizens wishing to call for it being simplified	Judicial Review	0%
That of which the most contentious debate is whether the courts have a conservative state-centred bias or a liberal individual-centred bias	Judicial Review	0%
The location of ultimate constitutional power which cannot be overturned or set aside without acting unconstitutionally	Legal Sovereignty	0%
That individual whom replaced the Lord Chancellor as head of the UK judiciary after the Constitutional Reform Act	Lord Chief Justice	0%
That Prime Minister, whose premiership was characterised by privatisation and trade union reform, the latter of which was carried out under Employment Secretary Norman Tebbit	Margaret Thatcher	0%
A 2015 appeal heard by the European Court of Human Rights, finding in favour of the 1,015 complainants who were refused voting rights while in prison - as it had found in all previous such cases - with which the UK government refused to comply	McHugh and Others v UK	0%
Those two length related regulations on sentencing set by Parliament to the ire of many judges who resent increased political interference,	Minimum and Maximum Sentences	0%
A 2015 appeal heard by the European Court of Human Rights, finding against a man who alleged a violation of right to a fair trial for not receiving legal aid in a child custody case	NJDB v UK	0%
The number of the twelve Supreme Court judges who are from black minority ethnic backgrounds as of June 2020	None	0%
That body in which a vote for misconduct is the only way of removing a Supreme Court judge before they reach the age of 75	Parliament	0%
That which, alongside the government's electoral mandate, is one of the two constitutional principles that causes a conflict of relationship between Parliament and the executive	Parliamentary Sovereignty	0%
Those powers of the prime minister that have been eroded as independent bodies have gained more input in the granting of peerages and honours, and the prime minister has lost any role in judicial or ecclesiastical appointments	Patronage	0%
Those powers of the prime minister to appoint government ministers and nominate people for life peerages and honours	Patronage	0%
Those ministers whom - by lieu of their collective ministerial responsibility - will practically always support the government in Parliament	Payroll Vote	0%
The de facto location of ultimate power which cannot be denied except under the most extreme circumstances	Political Sovereignty	0%
A type of union which in terms of the European Union consists of the policies, bodies, and structures facilitating the development of common; foreign, human rights, economic, and social policies within the European Union	Political Union	0%
That of which the prime minister's is limited by; a lack of time and expertise (requiring delegation), a lack of support, a lack of resources (such as there being no dedicated Prime Ministerial Department), and individual personality traits	Power	0%
That individual whom heads the Supreme Court, currently Lord Reed as of January 2020, having replace Baroness Hale	President of the Supreme Court	0%
That individual who gains authority from the people by the latter voting for the party which they lead, though this authority can be challenged in the event of a change in the individual who holds this office mid-term	Prime Minister	0%
An office with a chief of staff backed up by nearly 200 civil servants and special advisors which gives policy advice, helps set the direction of future government policy, and helps to present policy favourably	Prime Minister's Office	0%
A 2016 Supreme Court case the result of which was that the Supreme Court reinterpreted the law of 'joint enterprise' thereby setting a new judicial precedent	Regina v Jogee	0%
That between Parliament and the executive the three circumstances of which that can cause short-term changes are the government's majority/minority, government unity and leadership, and opposition unity and leadership	Relationship	0%
A culture with a heavy focus on rights and liberties that has arisen since the 1960's, credited with the judiciaries growing willingness to challenge the government	Rights Culture	0%
A 2016 High Court case, brought on appeal before the Supreme Court, in which both ruled that the government did not have the prerogative powers to trigger Article 50 of the EU, only Parliament in lieu of it being sovereign, due to it affecting the rights of EU citizens	R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union	0%
Those two things that are guaranteed to Supreme Court judges in alphabetical order	Salary and Tenure	0%
The process by which senior judges were appointed before the Constitutional Reform Act in which the Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor would consult with existing senior judges	Secret Soundings	0%
A 2009 appeal heard by the European Court of Human Rights, finding in favour of a man who claimed sex discrimination in the provision of the 'widow's benefit', after which UK law was effectively changed	Shireby v UK	0%
A style of governing often associated with Tony Blair in which policy making is controlled by the Prime Minister by conducting informal meetings with colleagues outside Cabinet with the help of political advisors	Sofa Politics	0%
The abbreviation that means 'special advisor'	SPAD	0%
Where powerful premiers distance themselves from their party attachment and from the wider government and operate in an individual 'presidential' style	Spatial Leadership	0%
That position which has been criticised for sometimes holding too much influence compared to ministers and civil servants	Special Advisors	0%
A legal principle meaning 'under judgement' and thus prohibited from public influence under pains of contempt of court	Sub Judice	0%
That Prime Minister whose downfall was precipitated by the 2003 invasion of Iraq, factionalism between centre right supporters and centre left Brownites, and the introduction of university tuition fees	Tony Blair	0%
The Prime Minister whose approach to formulating key policies - with the exception of foreign policy - was to delegate it to allies who shared their views	Tony Blair	0%
A legal principle meaning 'exceeding one's power', used in cases where a public body has acted beyond its legal authority	Ultra Vires	0%