...Assignment 1 The responsibilities of different levels of Government in the UK There are many different levels of government in the UK. The diagram below describes those levels. ↓ UK Parliament ← → Taxes ↓ Welsh Assembly ← → Health → Public Services ↓ → Education Refuse collection ← → Housing Recycling ← ↓ → Town Councils Council Tax Each level contains a variety of different organisations and branches of government which help to keep the country and the public services running smoothly and efficiently. The system of government we have in the United Kingdom has two main levels: central government and local government. But we also have regional government and the institutions of the European Union which affect us. Local, regional and central government are all public services because they are paid by the taxpayer. They are democratic because the public can choose the people who run central and local government when elections are held. European Parliament The European Parliament...
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...P1 Responsibilities of the different levels of government in the UK * Local * National * European Local: My local council Tameside Metropolitan Borough are responsible for things such as council tax, Planning, Heath and social care, schools and learning, libraries, birth& marriage &death, Transport and recycling. They keep these facilities running so that members of the council and public can use them. Tameside are responsible to tell the public information about transport and their local area, For example: if a bus time has changed they will have the responsibility to let people know the change that has happened. Another responsibility is that Tameside Metropolitan Borough has bins and recycling. They ensure that the local bins are getting emptied and that recycling products are in the right bins so they can be recycled. Tameside Metropolitans Borough is responsible for birth, marriage and death. When someone has been born or died they will have to be registered to get a certificate. This is also the same when people have been married. This is to prove that they have been married, born or died. Tameside council are responsible for health and social. The things they deal with are things like adoption service. They deal with people that either can’t have babies or are just interested in adopting. They look to see if the people that have signed up to adopt a child are suitable for the process. Tameside council are also responsible for planning conservation...
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...The central government is normally located in the capital city; which in our case it’s London. The central government runs the whole country by taking up the most important responsibilities that any other government levels in the UK has. These responsibilities are making new laws, signing agreements with the other nations and also defending the nation. The central government has these responsibilities as it’s the main government within the UK and it contains the 3 political institutions which make up parliament which are: the House of Commons, and the House of Lords and the monarch. These institutions work together. The house of commons creates new laws which they feel will work well for the British community. The house of lords has a responsibility of signing agreements for example looking into a new law passed down from the house of commons; this is a big decision as it will affect the nation. Overall I would say the central government has the toughest job out of the other levels of government as they run the country and if they make a mistake on anything they are responsible for, there will not be a positive outcome from the nation. Overall I would say that these departments’ responsibilities are really important as they have to make hard decisions about how the country is run and how the country can be improved; but these changes the department makes can put a negative view on the country. I would say the central government does a good job for our country as the central governments...
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...Unit 1 P1 “Outline the responsibilities of the different level of government in the UK.” House of Commons – It is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The HoC is part of the legislative process of British Politics. It consists of 650 elected members of Parliament, who represent a board spectrum of political parties. Each MP represents a constituency, which is a localised geographical area. There are two ways in which people get elected, it can happen either during a general election or by-election. A big range of political views and interests are represented in the House of Commons, which enables the ‘House’ to ensure that legislation and decisions are well debated by a variety of different people, which political views differ. HoC has a lot of different roles, MP’s are responsible of debating and passing all laws (legislation), controlling finances, protecting the individuals, examining European proposals, and scrutinises the work of the government, policies and administration. Those roles may have extremely wide impact on the country and public services. House of Lords – It is the upper house, the Second chamber, and is also commonly referred to as “the Lords”. The House of Lords can have a variable amount of members. Currently, there are about 790 members who are eligible to take part in the work of the HoL. Members come from many walks of life and bring experience and knowledge from a wide range of occupations. Majority of them are life peers, which...
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... | |Programme: L3 Public Services | |Assignment Title: Roles and Levels of Government | |Unit Number(s) & Title(s): Unit 1: Government, Policies and Public Services | |Hand out: 10/10/14 |Submission: 5/12/14 | |Criteria reference |To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that the learner is able to: | |Task no. | |UNIT: 1 | | | |P1 |Outline the responsibilities of the different levels of government in the UK. | |1 | |P2 |Describe the role of government departments in relation to public services including their | |1...
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...Unit 1 Government Policies and the Public Services [pic] Assessment Book (Credits 10) | |Eddie Maylor | |Student Name | | |Start of Unit Date |24 September 2012 | |Completion of Unit Date | | | |Unit Tutor: James McQueen | |Group / Course |Diploma in public services | Learning Outcomes • Know the different levels of government I the UK • Understand the democratic election process for each level of government in the UK • Understand the impact of UK government policies on the public services • Be able to demonstrate how government policies are developed Unit Criteria Passed |Pass |1 |2 |3 | | | | ...
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...Know the different levels of government in the UK P1 - Describe the following bodies involved in governance. Levels of government and their responsibilities: ▪ European Parliament, The European Parliament handles decisions, which would affect the countries, which are members of the EU; these issues include the environment, equal opportunities, transport, consumer rights, movement of the workers and goods, etc. Currently there are 72 members of the UK that get directly elected to become part of the European Parliament and their decisions on the issues that come up within the EU will affect all the 27 members states that are part of the EU if the decision is passed by the EU. Some of these decisions also affect issues involving the public services of the member states of the EU, which could cause a lot of problems if they make a wrong decision since they would have a large uproar on their hands. ▪ Central government, The central government is the main layer of government that operates across the whole of the country; the central government is always located in the centre of the country in that country’s capital city and it handles very specific responsibilities that no other group or government can carry out. Some of these responsibilities include signing treaties or certain types of agreements with other nations, making up laws (which would affect the whole country), defending their nation, distribution of the police forces, etc. Our central government is based...
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...devolution: it does mean the process of a higher level of government granting a lower level of government the right to exercise some of its powers, but ultimately remaining superior to the lower level of government. In practice it is much the same as federalism, the main difference is that devolution allows varying levels of autonomy for the different areas (units) within the nation-state, whereas federalism usually requires each unit to have the same powers. It's not right to think that devolved states (such as the UK) are highly centralised, it was actually brought in specifically to decentralise the UK and Spain, turning them from highly unitary states to what have been dubbed 'quasi-federations'. Devolution is increasingly viewed as a modern type of federalism that allows flexibility, as opposed to the more rigid "traditional" federalism. Only 2 countries really use devolution (UK and Spain), with most federal systems using traditional federalism in one of two forms: federation (strong federal government), or confederacy (weak federal government). It is also wrong to think that devolution means the upper/central government can abolish the lower levels or force them to comply: In the UK all political parties recognise the democratic legitimacy of the devolved institutions and their right to govern within their spheres of responsibility. Each was established after the people voted in referenda to create them, and no british government could remove them. Obviously Britain has no...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.1 Identify the purposes of different types of organisation pg.3,4 1.2 Describe the extent to which an organisation meet the objective different stakeholders pg.5 1.3 Explain the responsibilities of organisation and strategies employed to meet them pg.6,7 2.1 Explain how economic systems attempt to allocate resources effectively pg.7, 8 2.2 Assess the impact of fiscal and monetary policy on business organisations and their activities pg.8, 9 2.3 Evaluate the impact of competition policy and other regulatory mechanisms on the activities of a selected organisation pg.10 3.1 Explain how market structures determine the pricing and output decisions of businesses pg.11 3.2 Illustrate the way in which market forces shape organisational responses using a range of examples pg.12 3.3 Judge how the business and cultural environments shape the behaviour of a selected organisation pg.13 4.1 Discuss the significance of international trade to UK business organisations pg.14 4.2 Analyse the impact of global factors on UK business organisations pg.15 4.3 Evaluate the impact of policies of the European Union on UK business organisations pg.15, 16 INTRODUCTION IN THIS ASSIGNEMENT I WILL INDENTIFY AND DISCUSS THE TYPES OF ORGANISATION, I WILL EXPLAIN THE RESPONSABILITIES OF ORGANISATION THE ECONOMIC SYSTE. I WILL SHOW THE KEY OBJECTIVES COMPETITION POLICY AND HOW THE MARKET STRUCTURES DETERMINE THE PRICING OF THE...
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...Unit 1 Government, Policies and the Public Services Learners Name: Assignment Title: 1 Roles and Levels of Government Assessment Criteria: P1,P2,M1 Unit Tutor: Mr Mitchell Assignment Issue Date: 9-9-13 Assignment Due Date: 24-10-13 Unit 1 Government, Policies and the Public Services Assignment 1 Learning Outcomes | 1 | Assessment Criteria | P1, P2, M1 | Assessment method | Powerpoint presentation with supporting written evidence | Suggested Reading 1. Axford B et al – Politics: An Introduction, 2nd Edition (Routledge, 2002) ISBN 0415226422/9780415226424 2. Peele G – Governing the UK, 4th Edition (Wiley-Blackwell, 2004) ISBN 0631226818/9780631226819 Journals 1. Fire 2. Police Review 3. Prison News 4. Soldier Magazines 1. The Economist 2. The Spectator 3. The Week Website 1. 10 Downing Street www.number10.gov.uk 2. Direct Gov – public services all in one place www.direct.gov.uk 3. Euro information from the Treasury www.euro.gov.uk 4. HM Treasury www.hm-treasury.gov.uk 5. Home Office www.homeoffice.gov.uk 6. Home Office – Working in the UK www.workingintheuk.gov.uk 7. Information for local government from central government www.info4local.gov.uk 8. Information on policies and standards for e-government www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/govtalk.aspx 9. Independent software development and consultancy firm (provides links to central and local government websites) www.tagish.co.uk/links ...
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...Levels of Government Introduction There are different levels of government that meet different aims, either to improve the country/small areas or provide the country/small areas with essential ‘goods’. What are the roles for government departments? The main role of government departments and their agencies is to carry out government policies and to advise ministers. They receive their funding from money that is given to them by parliament. They are staffed by impartial civil servants. They also work alongside local authorities; non department public bodies and other government organisations i.e. Regional, central, etc. Also government departments are headed by ministers or secretaries of state. With all departments they report to the PM and then the, PM reports to parliament and HM Queen. The level of government as follows, starts with the ‘Central Government’. This is a person who oversees the country and makes any changes, if necessary. Next is the ‘Regional Government’, which is a form of government which groups together small administrative units into a region and governs them. Lastly we have the ‘Local Government’; this is when the government gives ’local councils’ more power to decide how to spend public money in their areas, so they can meet local people's needs. We also have the ‘Parliaments and Devolved Parliaments’. However this is not a level of government as it’s a place to ‘parlay’ (talk). Moreover the central government’s decisions are talked within the:...
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...P1 Outline the responsibilities of the different levels of government in the UK UK Parliament ← → Taxes ↓ Welsh Assembly ← → Health → Public Services ↓ → Education Refuse collection ← → Housing Recycling ← ↓ → Town Councils Council Tax These are the different organisations and branches of government which help to keep the country and the public services running smoothly and efficiently. The system of government in the UK has two main levels: central government and local government. But we also have regional government and the the European Union which affect us. The central government is located in the London and run’s the whole country by taking over the most important responsibilities that any other government levels in the UK has. These responsibilities are making new laws, signing agreements with the other nations and also defending the nation. The central government has all these responsibilities because as it’s the main government within the UK, it contains the 3 political institutions which make up parliament...
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...ALWAYS LEARNING B401 Assignment Business Environment PROFESSOR: Apoorva Chaudhry th SUBMISSION DATE: 4 May 2016 15100150 PEARSON COLLEGE LONDON BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE STUDENT – LEVEL 4 B401: Business Environment 15100150 Level 4 ALWAYS LEARNING 2 PEARSON B401: Business Environment 15100150 Level 4 B401 – Assignment ..................................................................................................................... 5 business environment .......................................................................................................................... 5 Task 1 ........................................................................................................................................... 5 part 1 ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 Part 2 ....................................................................................................................................................... 7 Part 3 ....................................................................................................................................................... 8 TASK 2 - Power Point Slides’ notes ..................................................................................................... 9 TASK 3 ..............................................................................................
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...Assignment front sheet | Learner name | ------------------------------------------------- Assessor name | Thaw Thaw Han | Daw Kyi Lai Han | Date issued | Completion date | Submitted on | 17.11.2014 | 2.1.2015 | 2.1.2015 | Qualification | Unit number and title | Edexcel BTEC Level 4 HNC Diploma in Business | Unit 3 – Business Environment (EDEXCEL Unit – 1) | A | | Assignment title | Business Environment (Assignment 1 of 1) | In this assessment you will have opportunities to provide evidence against the following criteria. a Indicate the page numbers where the evidence can be found. | Criteria reference | To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that the student is able to: | Task no. | Evidence | 1.1 | Identify the purposes of different types of organization | 1 | | 1.2 | Describe the extent to which an organization meets the objectives of different stakeholders | 1 | | 1.3 | Explain the responsibilities of an organization and strategies employed to meet them. | 1 | | 2.1 | Explain how economic systems attempt to allocate resources effectively | 2 | | 2.2 | Assess the impact of fiscal and monetary policy on business organizations and their activities | 2 | | 2.3 | Evaluate the impact of competition policy and other regulatory mechanisms on the activities of a selected organization | 2 | | 3.1 | Explain how market structures determine the pricing and output...
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...Adam Golembiewski Public Services Level 3 UNIT 1 - GOVERNMENT, POLICIES AND THE PUBLIC SERVICES Task 2 – M1 explain in detail the responsibilities of the different levels of government in the UK Unit 1 M2 – explain in detail the responsibilities of the different levels of government in the UK. The different levels of government are: Local, Regional and National government. Local Government Local Government is also known as ‘councils’ or ‘local authorities,’ there are 4 types of Local government all covering different sized areas. These types of council are: * County councils (council for counties e.g. Nottinghamshire) * Parish council (e.g boroughs like Woodsetts) * Metropolitan council (e.g. London) * Unitary Authorities (e.g. towns, Nottingham) The most important role of a council is the services they provide for citizens. County and Metropolitan councils are responsible for services across the whole of a county or city, like education, transport services, planning, fire and public safety, social care, libraries, waste management and trading standards for their area. Parish (Borough) councils cover a smaller area, often a town or rural area, and are usually responsible for services such as rubbish collection and recycling, council tax collection, leisure services and housing. Unitary authorities are councils that provide one tier of local government and provide all services. This is confusing as they can also be called city...
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