NCTJ Public Affairs Exam With Verified
Solutions
Roles of the Monarchy
Head of Executive
Head of legislature
Head of Judiciary
Commander in chief of armed forces
Supreme gov of established CofE
What are the three sovereign rights of the modern monarch
The right to warn
The right to advise
The right to be consulted
What are the monarchs diminished powers
Coining money
Governing the Church of England
Creating peers (the act not decision)
Ceremonial duties
meeting weekly with the PM
Powers exercised by the PM
Summoning and dissolving parliament
Giving royal assent to the bills
Appointing ministers and senior public officials
Holding meetings of the privy council
Choosing peers and honours
Declaring war and peach (with parliamentary approval)
Writing the kings speech
Entertaining visiting heads of state
Funding of the Monarchy
Sovereign grant: Tax payer funded money.
A single grant from the treasury based on a percentage (It is usually 25%) from the crowns estates.
This replaced the former money from government (civil list and grant in aid)
The Privy purse
Historic term used to describe income mainly derived from the Dutchy of Lancaster - a portfolio of
land, property and assets held in trust for sovereign.
Personal income
Senior royals are free to earn income but it is taxed.
Taxation of the monarchy
Monarch has always paid indirect taxes
Has also paid voluntary local taxation
Only agreed to pay direct taxes
(namely income and capital gains tax) in 1993
Charles now also pays tax on his personal income
Transfer of property from monarch to monarch is not taxable.
, Devolution (Expanding and Process)
Transfer of some powers from upper level of government (Westminster) to lower ones (Scottish
parliament, welsh and northern ireland assembly's).
Agreed following referendums in 1997 in Scotland and wales and 1998 in Northern Ireland.
Devolution is asymmetric - it is applied in different ways in each nation.
Devolved administrations remain subordinate to central government.
Devolution in Scotland
- Scotland Act 1998 gave Scottish Parliament primary legislative powers in range of policy areas (law
and order, health, education, transport, environment)
- Westminster no longer makes law for Scotland
- The act also gave the Scottish Parliament's tax-varying powers: it could raise or lower rate of income
tax by 3%
- Scotland Act 2012 gave power to set scottish rate of income tax higher or lower than that in the rest
of UK
- Scotland Act 2016- devolved control of income tax rates and bands gave scottish parliament 50% of
the VAT revenue raised in Scotland- gives parliament 15 billion
Has its own Scottish parliament which is un-ceremonial
Elected for 5 year period
Was Humza Yousaf who was elected in March 2023 there is currently no Scottish first minister.
129 MSP. 73 were elected by FPFP and 56 under a regional list system of PR.
Much of the work is carried out through comities.
Powers Devolved to Scotland
Agricultural, Forestry and fishing
Education
Environmental
Health
Housing
Justice, policing and courts
Local Government
Fire Service
Economic development
Some transport
Own legal system
Powers reserved by Westminster
Constitution
Defence and national security
Foreign Policy
Energy
Immigration and nationality
Trade and Industry
Some transport
Social Security
Wales
Wales does not have as many devolved powers as Scotland
Senedd Cymru was formal known as the national assembly for wales until 2020
60 members who are known as members of the senedd
Solutions
Roles of the Monarchy
Head of Executive
Head of legislature
Head of Judiciary
Commander in chief of armed forces
Supreme gov of established CofE
What are the three sovereign rights of the modern monarch
The right to warn
The right to advise
The right to be consulted
What are the monarchs diminished powers
Coining money
Governing the Church of England
Creating peers (the act not decision)
Ceremonial duties
meeting weekly with the PM
Powers exercised by the PM
Summoning and dissolving parliament
Giving royal assent to the bills
Appointing ministers and senior public officials
Holding meetings of the privy council
Choosing peers and honours
Declaring war and peach (with parliamentary approval)
Writing the kings speech
Entertaining visiting heads of state
Funding of the Monarchy
Sovereign grant: Tax payer funded money.
A single grant from the treasury based on a percentage (It is usually 25%) from the crowns estates.
This replaced the former money from government (civil list and grant in aid)
The Privy purse
Historic term used to describe income mainly derived from the Dutchy of Lancaster - a portfolio of
land, property and assets held in trust for sovereign.
Personal income
Senior royals are free to earn income but it is taxed.
Taxation of the monarchy
Monarch has always paid indirect taxes
Has also paid voluntary local taxation
Only agreed to pay direct taxes
(namely income and capital gains tax) in 1993
Charles now also pays tax on his personal income
Transfer of property from monarch to monarch is not taxable.
, Devolution (Expanding and Process)
Transfer of some powers from upper level of government (Westminster) to lower ones (Scottish
parliament, welsh and northern ireland assembly's).
Agreed following referendums in 1997 in Scotland and wales and 1998 in Northern Ireland.
Devolution is asymmetric - it is applied in different ways in each nation.
Devolved administrations remain subordinate to central government.
Devolution in Scotland
- Scotland Act 1998 gave Scottish Parliament primary legislative powers in range of policy areas (law
and order, health, education, transport, environment)
- Westminster no longer makes law for Scotland
- The act also gave the Scottish Parliament's tax-varying powers: it could raise or lower rate of income
tax by 3%
- Scotland Act 2012 gave power to set scottish rate of income tax higher or lower than that in the rest
of UK
- Scotland Act 2016- devolved control of income tax rates and bands gave scottish parliament 50% of
the VAT revenue raised in Scotland- gives parliament 15 billion
Has its own Scottish parliament which is un-ceremonial
Elected for 5 year period
Was Humza Yousaf who was elected in March 2023 there is currently no Scottish first minister.
129 MSP. 73 were elected by FPFP and 56 under a regional list system of PR.
Much of the work is carried out through comities.
Powers Devolved to Scotland
Agricultural, Forestry and fishing
Education
Environmental
Health
Housing
Justice, policing and courts
Local Government
Fire Service
Economic development
Some transport
Own legal system
Powers reserved by Westminster
Constitution
Defence and national security
Foreign Policy
Energy
Immigration and nationality
Trade and Industry
Some transport
Social Security
Wales
Wales does not have as many devolved powers as Scotland
Senedd Cymru was formal known as the national assembly for wales until 2020
60 members who are known as members of the senedd
