Assignment 1: Roles & Levels Of Government and The Electoral Process
\Assignment Title
within the UK
Student Name Aliyah Gardiner
Assessor
Date Issued
w/c 23rd September 2019
(Hand Out Date)
Submission Date
w/c 14th October 2019
(Hand In Date)
Qualification Suite
BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Public Services
covered
Units Covered Unit 1 - Government, Policies & The Public Services
Learning aim 1: Understand the different levels of government in the UK and
their roles and responsibilities in relation to public services
Learning Aims
Learning aim 2: Understand the democratic election process for each level of
government in the UK.
Duration (approx) 25 hours
You are part of a police community education group. You have been tasked with
presenting information on the levels of the UK government to police community
Scenario
support officers as part of their ongoing training. You must also inform them about
local elections to demonstrate your knowledge.
Task 1: A4 information You need to :
booklet
Produce an A4 booklet that outlines the responsibilities of different levels of
Government in the UK (P1). You need to include:
European Parliament
Central government
Devolved parliaments
Regional governments
Local authorities
Other institutions in the government process
Branches of government (executive, legislative, judicial)
1
, Main job roles at government levels
For P2 you need to describe the role of government departments in relation to
the public services, talk about the government departments’ responsible for
the public services that we have discussed in class and who they are
accountable for.
Finally you need to write about the UK electoral processes explaining
the following points:
You need to include:
Who is entitled to stand for election (local or general)
Candidate selection processes
The influence of the party system on elections
Representatives
Period of election
Publicity and electioneering activities undertaken
The voting processes
To enable your officers to get more information you will compare in detail the
different electoral processes used at different levels of government within the
UK including the voting systems used. You must include a comparison of the
election process for the elected representatives for at least two levels of
government.
Evidence you must
Complete booklet
produce for this task
Criteria covered by this task:
Criterion
To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to: Unit
Reference
Outline the responsibilities of different levels of government in the UK 1 LO1 P1
Describe the role of government departments in relation to public services, including
1 LO1 P2
their responsibilities.
Explain the electoral processes used in UK elections 1 LO2 P3
Compare the electoral processes used at different levels of government in the UK 1 LO2 M2
2
\Assignment Title
within the UK
Student Name Aliyah Gardiner
Assessor
Date Issued
w/c 23rd September 2019
(Hand Out Date)
Submission Date
w/c 14th October 2019
(Hand In Date)
Qualification Suite
BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Public Services
covered
Units Covered Unit 1 - Government, Policies & The Public Services
Learning aim 1: Understand the different levels of government in the UK and
their roles and responsibilities in relation to public services
Learning Aims
Learning aim 2: Understand the democratic election process for each level of
government in the UK.
Duration (approx) 25 hours
You are part of a police community education group. You have been tasked with
presenting information on the levels of the UK government to police community
Scenario
support officers as part of their ongoing training. You must also inform them about
local elections to demonstrate your knowledge.
Task 1: A4 information You need to :
booklet
Produce an A4 booklet that outlines the responsibilities of different levels of
Government in the UK (P1). You need to include:
European Parliament
Central government
Devolved parliaments
Regional governments
Local authorities
Other institutions in the government process
Branches of government (executive, legislative, judicial)
1
, Main job roles at government levels
For P2 you need to describe the role of government departments in relation to
the public services, talk about the government departments’ responsible for
the public services that we have discussed in class and who they are
accountable for.
Finally you need to write about the UK electoral processes explaining
the following points:
You need to include:
Who is entitled to stand for election (local or general)
Candidate selection processes
The influence of the party system on elections
Representatives
Period of election
Publicity and electioneering activities undertaken
The voting processes
To enable your officers to get more information you will compare in detail the
different electoral processes used at different levels of government within the
UK including the voting systems used. You must include a comparison of the
election process for the elected representatives for at least two levels of
government.
Evidence you must
Complete booklet
produce for this task
Criteria covered by this task:
Criterion
To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to: Unit
Reference
Outline the responsibilities of different levels of government in the UK 1 LO1 P1
Describe the role of government departments in relation to public services, including
1 LO1 P2
their responsibilities.
Explain the electoral processes used in UK elections 1 LO2 P3
Compare the electoral processes used at different levels of government in the UK 1 LO2 M2
2
