Year 9 past paper 2011

2 (d)

 if there are a lot of people unemployed the government will have to pay out a lot of benefits to the unemployed so their spending will go up. The government might need to raise taxes or borrow more money 

 if there are a lot of people like Alan unemployed the government will receive less income from taxes so they might have to borrow more money or cut their spending 

 if people are out of work for a long time they may lose their skills 

 effects on health – those unemployed more likely to suffer from poor health 

 those unemployed are more likely to experience family breakdown resulting from pressure of financial problems. 


To get full marks....


  • You must offers reasons and then justify them. 

  • Your ideas must be communicated with a logical structure.

  • You must use technical terms.