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NCTJ PUBLIC AFFAIRS EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+ 'Affordable' housing - -Applies to houses or flats available for purchase at below the market average Often targeted at first time buyers and key workers 'Old-style' committee system - -'Alternative arrangements' Committees make policy decisions and they are approved by the full council Absolute exemptions - --Information is already accessible -Matter of security (MI5, MI6, SAS, GCHQ) -Info given to authority in co...

NCTJ Public Affairs Revision Definitions Collective responsibility - answer• All government ministers must publicly support government policy. • They must resign if they do not. Individual ministerial responsibility - answer• If something goes wrong in their individual department, a minister should resign. e.g. Chris Grayling, Minister for Transport, should resign but hasn't. Backbench MPs - answer• A backbench MP is an MP who is not a member of the governmen or the shadow oppos...

Collective responsibility - CORRECT ANSWER-• All government ministers must publicly support government policy. • They must resign if they do not. Individual ministerial responsibility - CORRECT ANSWER-• If something goes wrong in their individual department, a minister should resign. e.g. Chris Grayling, Minister for Transport, should resign but hasn't. Backbench MPs - CORRECT ANSWER-• A backbench MP is an MP who is not a member of the governmen or the shadow opposition. e.g. Ro...

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NCTJ Public Affairs Revision Definitions

NCTJ Public Affairs Exam Questions With Verified Answers Local government - types of council - answer201 District councils (e.g. North Devon District Council) 27 County councils (e.g. Devon County Council) 55 Unitary authorities (e.g. Cornwall) 36 Metropolitan districts (e.g. Salford City Council) 32 London boroughs (E.g. Camden Council) +2 (City of London and Isles of Scilly) 353 major councils in England (excluding Parish/ Town councils - there are 9,000/ 10,000 of them) Two-tier au...

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NCTJ PUBLIC AFFAIRS REVISION DEFINITIONS/ COMPLETE EXAM REVIEWS/ RATED A+ Collective responsibility - -• All government ministers must publicly support government policy. • They must resign if they do not. Individual ministerial responsibility - -• If something goes wrong in their individual department, a minister should resign. e.g. Chris Grayling, Minister for Transport, should resign but hasn't. Backbench MPs - -• A backbench MP is an MP who is not a member of the governme...

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NCTJ Public Affairs - Key WordsAgenda - correct answer Outline of items to be considered in a meeting of a subcommittee, committee, full council, cabinet (executive), or other body Assembly Member (AM) - correct answer Elected representative in the National Assembly for Wales. There are 60 AMs - forty representing constituencies and four for each of five larger regions. Backbencher - correct answer Term referring to the majority of MPs in the House of Commons, who represent constituencies,...