Important Statistics

Question 1

What was inflation at before Thatcher?

Answer 1

Periods ofover 20% in the late 70s and at 14% in 1979

Question 2

How much did Thatcher reduce inflation by?

Answer 2

Reduced to single figures by 1982, never rose above 9% for the rest of the 80s
Though: 1979 inflation at 10.3% and 1990 at 10.9% - no change

Question 3

How far did manufacturing fall between 1980-1

Answer 3

14%

Question 4

In 1980 how far did inflation rise due to soaring pay demands?

Answer 4

22%

Question 5

What was unemployment at in 1982?

Answer 5

3 million

Question 6

How much did the sale of British Gas raise?

Answer 6

£5.4 billion

Question 7

How much money was raised from privitisation?

Answer 7

£19 billion

Question 8

How did shareholders increase between 1979-90

Answer 8

3-11 million

Question 9

By 1990 how many shareholders were owned by individuals?

Answer 9

20%

Question 10

How many jobs were lost as a result of coal privitisation?

Answer 10

200,000

Question 11

How much was economic growth during the Lawson Boom?`

Answer 11

4-5% a year

Question 12

How much did private household debt increase from 1980-89?

Answer 12

£16 billion to £47 billion

Question 13

What was personal debt at by 2003?

Answer 13

£1.3 trillion - highest in Europe

Question 14

How much did the 1980 Budget reduce the top rate of income tax?

Answer 14

83% to 60%

Question 15

How much did the 1988 Budget reduce income tax

Answer 15

Basic rate decreased from 29% to 25%

High rate of income tax reduced to 40%

Question 16

How much was VAT increased in 1979?

Answer 16

rose from 8 to 15%

Question 17

How much did the average tax bill rise between 1979-90 due to indirect taxation?

Answer 17

rose by 6%

Question 18

How did the reduction in direct taxation affect the amount of tax avoidance?

Answer 18

Wealthiest 5% paid as much tax in 1988 at 40% rate as they did in 1978 at the 83% rate

Question 19

How did the numbers of TU members change between 1979-90

Answer 19

13.5 million to under 10 million

Question 20

How did the days lost to strike action decrease?

Answer 20

10.5 million between 1980-84 to 0.8 million 1990-94

Question 21

How did the number of miners decrease?

Answer 21

Between 1974 to 1991 number of miners fell from 200,000 to 10,000

Question 22

How much did crime rates increase during the 1980s?

Answer 22

Doubled, Battle of Orgreaves partly responsible

Question 23

How many environmental ministers were fired over 3 years?

Answer 23

1/4 of them

Question 24

How many civil servants had been sacked by 1988?

Answer 24

22.5% - saving £1 billion

Question 25

How far did the number of government employees fall?

Answer 25

Fell from 2.5 to 2.1 million between 1979-95

Question 26

How many council homes were sold as a result of the Right to Buy scheme?

Answer 26

200,000 between 1982-3

Question 27

How much did Thatcher cut central government payments to local government?

Answer 27

From 60% to 49% of funding

Question 28

How much did NHS funding increase between 1980-87?

Answer 28

Rose 60%

Question 29

How many NHS trusts were in debt by 1996?

Answer 29

34

Question 30

How did cuts in income tax benefit the rich more than the poor?

Answer 30

By 1989 the bottom 10% paid £400 million less, the top 10% paid £9.3 billion less

Question 31

How did the income of the poorest and richest differ?

Answer 31

Income of the richest rose from 61% between 1979-92, while the income of the poorest decreased by 18%

Question 32

How many pensioners lived under the poverty line?

Answer 32

Increased from 13% to 43%

Question 33

How did unemployment rise in Wales?

Answer 33

73,000 unemployed in 1979 --> rising to 166,000 in 1986

Question 34

How did drug offenses increase in Wales?

Answer 34

1,308 in 1990 compared to 605 in 1979

Question 35

In 2019 what was the UK declared as the most in Europe?

Answer 35

Regionally most unequal

Question 36

In 1987 how many people believed homosexuality was 'almost or mostly wrong'

Answer 36

3/4

Question 37

How did the number of politicians with a degree rise?

Answer 37

40% in 1918 to 75% in 2010

Question 38

How did the background of labour MPs change?

Answer 38

Fraction of Labour MPs from a manual background was 1/3 in 1945, but 1/10 in 2010

Question 39

How did the number of MPs from a legal background decline?

Answer 39

70% in 1974 to 30% in 1997

Question 40

How did Thatcher's taxation policy after her reign?

Answer 40

Basic income tax was reduced from 25% to 23% in 1997

Question 41

How did the conservatives become less posh?

Answer 41

The number of MPs educated at public school dropped from 75% to 66% between 1974-87

Question 42

How were the conservatives still dominated by men?

Answer 42

Female MPs rose from 19% to 41% during Thatcher's reign

Question 43

How many votes did labour get in 1983 election?

Answer 43

Only 28%

Question 44

How did Right to Buy increase Conservative support?

Answer 44

60% of Labour voters who bought their council house voted Tory in subsequent elections?

Question 45

How much did hospital funding increase between 2000-04?

Answer 45

6% increase above inflation each year