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GCSE Citizenship Studies · key term
A policy area in which a devolved legislature or government has authority to make decisions.
Used by AQA and Edexcel
Paper 1
Revise: Organization of PowersThe important distinction is between devolved matters, on which devolved institutions can make decisions, and reserved matters, whose powers remain at UK level. The division is not identical in all three devolution settlements. Knowing that a power is devolved in one nation does not automatically tell you who controls it elsewhere.
Paper 1, Paper 2
A policy area in which a devolved body has authority to make decisions under its devolution settlement.
Do not describe devolution as independence: Westminster retains authority to legislate on devolved matters.
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A devolved matter falls within the powers transferred to a devolved body. A reserved matter remains the responsibility of UK institutions. The boundary differs between nations, so a power held in one nation should not automatically be assumed to exist in another.
