Stoke-on-Trent

Question 1

Industrial growth began when?

Answer 1

18th–19th century

Question 2

Key raw materials used?

Answer 2

Coal, ironstone, Etruria Marl clay

Question 3

What boosted mining, pottery, ironworks?

Answer 3

Mechanisation

Question 4

Major pottery companies?

Answer 4

Wedgewood, Spode, Minton

Question 5

New ceramic invention?

Answer 5

Bone china

Question 6

What expanded exports?

Answer 6

British Empire

Question 7

Why did china demand rise?

Answer 7

Tea drinking

Question 9

What act shut bottle ovens?

Answer 9

Clean Air Act (1950s)

Question 10

Why was production moved abroad?

Answer 10

Cheaper in emerging economies

Question 11

What happened to local coal and ironstone?

Answer 11

Depleted

Question 12

Why did companies outsource?

Answer 12

Globalisation

Question 13

Example of outsourcing?

Answer 13

Wedgewood to Indonesia

Question 14

What became a steel giant?

Answer 14

China

Question 15

Why did demand for china drop?

Answer 15

Less use of formal dinner sets

Question 16

Post-1979 government policy?

Answer 16

Non-interventionism, privatisation

Question 17

Example of privatisation?

Answer 17

British Steel

Question 18

Why did firms close?

Answer 18

Free trade, inefficiency

Question 19

Why not produce in UK?

Answer 19

High wages

Question 21

How many bottle ovens in 1950s?

Answer 21

2000

Question 22

How many bottle ovens now?

Answer 22

47

Question 23

Modern ceramic use in phones?

Answer 23

600 components

Question 24

Ceramics in healthcare?

Answer 24

Painkillers, sodium batteries

Question 25

Ceramics in tech?

Answer 25

Aerospace heat tech

Question 27

Deprivation rank in England (2019)?

Answer 27

13th most deprived

Question 28

Male life expectancy gap?

Answer 28

3.2 years below average

Question 29

Female life expectancy gap?

Answer 29

2.9 years below average

Question 30

Gap between poorest and richest men?

Answer 30

10 years

Question 31

People in better-than-average areas?

Answer 31

1 in 6

Question 32

People in bottom 10% deprivation?

Answer 32

0.3

Question 33

Adult obesity rate?

Answer 33

0.66

Question 34

Infant mortality rank?

Answer 34

Highest in England

Question 35

Income deprivation rate?

Answer 35

0.20800000000000002

Question 37

Levelling Up Fund total?

Answer 37

£56 million

Question 38

Homes and venue funded?

Answer 38

£20m for 250 homes, 2,500-seat venue

Question 39

Homes and business space funded?

Answer 39

£20m for 200 homes, business space

Question 40

Goods Yard funding?

Answer 40

£16 million

Question 41

Issue with Levelling Up Fund?

Answer 41

Leadership change, stalled

Question 42

Amount spent by late 2023?

Answer 42

£21.3 million

Question 43

Missed bus funding?

Answer 43

£17.5 million

Question 44

Train link fund?

Answer 44

£50,000 for Stoke-Leek route

Question 46

Transforming Cities Fund total?

Answer 46

£29 million

Question 47

What does it fund?

Answer 47

Winton Square, buses, walk/cycle routes

Question 49

Arts-led gentrification examples?

Answer 49

Portland Inn Project, Claybody Theatre

Question 50

Goods Yard redevelopment value?

Answer 50

£60 million

Question 51

Features of Goods Yard plan?

Answer 51

Homes, hotel, bars, restaurants

Question 52

Developer of Goods Yard?

Answer 52

Capital\&Centric

Question 53

Economic shift response plan?

Answer 53

Economic Development Strategy 2024–2028

Question 54

Service jobs in high demand?

Answer 54

Social care, sales, cleaners, TAs, customer service

Question 56

Cancelled major project?

Answer 56

City Sentral

Question 57

Why City Sentral failed?

Answer 57

Branding criticism, not materialised

Question 58

COVID impact on wages?

Answer 58

Average £465 vs UK £555

Question 59

Food aid recipients 2018–19?

Answer 59

756 families

Question 60

Food aid recipients 2021–22?

Answer 60

1,727 families

Question 61

Train station pre-pandemic use?

Answer 61

3.26 million journeys

Question 62

Train station post-pandemic use?

Answer 62

2.5 million journeys

Question 63

Key focus of 2024–28 strategy?

Answer 63

Use cultural heritage for growth