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Districts of England - Quiz
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  • 1. What is the official term used by the Office for National Statistics for the districts of England?
A) parish groupings
B) municipal divisions
C) local authority districts
D) administrative zones
  • 2. Which two local authorities are considered sui generis but categorized as LADs for statistics?
A) Greater London and Greater Manchester
B) City of London and Isles of Scilly
C) Westminster and York
D) Cornwall and Devon
  • 3. How many unitary authorities are there in England?
A) 132
B) 164
C) 32
D) 28
  • 4. How many two-tier districts are there in England?
A) 28
B) 32
C) 164
D) 132
  • 5. What does a two-tier district council share responsibility with?
A) a parish vestry
B) a Poor Law Union
C) the Greater London Authority
D) a county council
  • 6. What effect do the titles of city, royal borough, or borough have on council powers?
A) they grant legislative independence
B) they reduce the number of councillors required
C) they are purely honorific
D) they increase the tax-levying powers
  • 7. In most cases, how is the mayor of a borough council chosen?
A) elected from amongst the district councillors
B) directly elected by the public
C) inherited through the parish vestry
D) appointed by the central government
  • 8. As of June 2026, how many districts have a directly elected local authority mayor?
A) 164
B) 28
C) 13
D) 32
  • 9. What was the basic unit of local government before the 1890s?
A) the parish
B) the unitary authority
C) the metropolitan borough
D) the administrative county
  • 10. What entity oversaw the parish before the 1890s?
A) the county town
B) the district council
C) the Poor Law Union
D) the parish church vestry committee
  • 11. What were parishes historically grouped into before the 1890s?
A) hundreds
B) unions
C) boroughs
D) counties
  • 12. What were parishes grouped into starting in 1834?
A) metropolitan councils
B) Poor Law Unions
C) administrative districts
D) civil parishes
  • 13. Which act created urban and rural districts in 1894?
A) London Government Act 1965
B) Metropolitan Boroughs Act 1900
C) Local Government Act 1894
D) Municipal Reform Act 1834
  • 14. How many metropolitan boroughs were created in 1900?
A) 28
B) 32
C) 132
D) 164
  • 15. Which are the oldest type of district still in use?
A) metropolitan districts
B) non-metropolitan districts
C) civil parishes
D) London boroughs
  • 16. In what year were the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties created?
A) 1894
B) 1974
C) 1965
D) 1900
  • 17. When were the metropolitan county councils and the Greater London Council abolished?
A) 2000
B) 1986
C) 1965
D) 1990
  • 18. Since 2000, which body shares powers with the London boroughs?
A) the parish church vestry
B) Greater London Council
C) Poor Law Union
D) Greater London Authority
  • 19. What is another name for non-metropolitan counties?
A) shire counties
B) parochial counties
C) hundred counties
D) unitary counties
  • 20. What kind of district was created during the 1990s?
A) rural parish district
B) non-metropolitan unitary authority
C) metropolitan borough
D) Poor Law union
  • 21. How many classifications of unitary authority exist in England?
A) Three
B) Six
C) Five
D) Seven
  • 22. In what year were the London boroughs established?
A) 1986
B) 1965
C) 1995
D) 2000
  • 23. What is the typical population range of a metropolitan district?
A) 25,000 to 200,000
B) 100,000 to 2 million
C) 50,000 to 500,000
D) 174,000 to 1.1 million
  • 24. When were the first unitary non-metropolitan districts created?
A) 1986
B) 2023
C) Mid-1990s
D) 1965
  • 25. How many unitary non-metropolitan districts are there in Berkshire?
A) Zero
B) Sixty-two
C) Five
D) Six
  • 26. What is the typical population range of two-tier non-metropolitan districts?
A) 5,000 to 50,000
B) 174,000 to 1.1 million
C) 100,000 to 300,000
D) 25,000 to 200,000
  • 27. Which service is specifically mentioned as a responsibility of London boroughs?
A) Currency regulation
B) National defense
C) International treaties
D) Libraries
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