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Every AQA A-Level Economics exam question on 4.1.8.9 Government intervention in markets, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 35 questions on Government intervention in markets, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q04 (25 marks): Extract C (lines 6–7) states: ‘An alternative would be to impose a maximum price for consumers, as both Sri Lanka and the Philippines have done’. Using the data
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q28 (1 mark): A government announces that, over a 10 year period, it plans to reduce the number of tradable pollution permits it issues each year. Which one of the following
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q33 (25 marks): After considering Extract D, and the original evidence in Extracts A, B and C, would you recommend that the Government continue to subsidise firms to encourage
- June 2025, AS Paper 1, Q26 (25 marks): Extract B (lines 7–8) states: ‘Between 2010 and 2015, the UK government spent over £1.7bn to protect about 250 000 homes, 28 000 business properties and 800 000
- June 2025, AS Paper 1, Q32 (25 marks): Extract F (lines 1–2) states: ‘There are various markets for coffee at different stages of the production and consumption process, and at local and global level
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q04 (25 marks): Extract C (lines 14–16) states that ‘A maximum rent can help keep the cost of student accommodation lower than it would otherwise be, but risks some landlords w
- June 2024, AS Paper 1, Q10 (1 mark): Figure 2 shows the original demand (D) and supply (S) curves for pints of milk. To help farmers, the government introduces a minimum price of 80p for a pint of
- June 2024, AS Paper 1, Q20 (1 mark): Technological change has made it easier to charge for road use, including charging road users different prices according to demand at different times of the day
- June 2024, AS Paper 1, Q26 (25 marks): Extract C (lines 13–14) states: ‘In recent years, with more people holidaying in the UK, some tourist sites have been overwhelmed by visitors.’ Use the extracts
- June 2024, AS Paper 1, Q32 (25 marks): Extract F (lines 18–19) states: ‘Should the government prioritise reducing the waiting list of people who need urgent eye treatment or are there more important
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q04 (25 marks): Extract B (lines 20–21) states that ‘all vehicle owners should be forced to pay the full costs of their driving. This would incentivise people to consider using
- June 2023, AS Paper 1, Q15 (1 mark): A government sets a maximum price for fruit below the market price to try to encourage healthier eating. All other things being equal, which one of the followin
- June 2023, AS Paper 1, Q17 (1 mark): Figure 4 shows the free market demand (D1) and supply (S) curves for a merit good. D2 is the demand curve if all the benefits from consuming the good are taken
- June 2023, AS Paper 1, Q26 (25 marks): Extract C (lines 20–21) states: ‘Unstable prices, monopoly power, environmental concerns and a vital resource – should governments intervene more in the oil ind
- June 2023, AS Paper 1, Q32 (25 marks): Extract F (lines 23–24) states: ‘if drones become more common, another review may be needed of what is best for all’. Use the extracts and your knowledge of eco
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q10 (25 marks): Assess the view that high-speed Internet connection is a necessity for modern life and should be provided by the government, free of charge, to all households.
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q07 (1 mark): Which one of the following is a reason why the extension of property rights is likely to reduce market failure? [1 mark] A Merit goods will no longer be underco
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q33 (25 marks): After considering Extract D, and the original evidence in Extracts A, B and C, would you recommend that the UK government provides financial and other support t
- June 2022, AS Paper 1, Q07 (1 mark): Weekly sales of doughnuts are 20 000 and the market price is £1.20 per doughnut. The government introduces a new indirect tax of 15p per doughnut. Sales fall to
- June 2022, AS Paper 1, Q20 (1 mark): Many goods are sold in plastic packaging that has harmful effects on the environment. In Figure 3, D1 and S1 are the free market demand for and supply of plasti
- June 2022, AS Paper 1, Q24 (4 marks): Extract C (line 20) states: ‘Perhaps a maximum price should be set for water’. Draw a diagram to show the impact on the market for water of setting a maximum pr
- June 2022, AS Paper 1, Q31 (10 marks): Extract E (lines 1–2) states: ‘alcohol has traditionally been viewed as a demerit good, subject to high indirect taxes’. Explain the likely effects of imposing
- June 2022, AS Paper 1, Q32 (25 marks): Extract F (lines 20–21) states: ‘Cheap alcohol is wrecking lives and livelihoods in England as well as Scotland’. Use the extracts and your knowledge of economi
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q18 (1 mark): Figure 6 represents the market for sugar in a country. It shows the demand (D) curve and two supply (S1 and S2) curves in the market for sugar before and after
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q33 (25 marks): After considering Extract E, and the original evidence in Extracts A, B, C and D, which policies, if any, would you recommend that the UK government should intr
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q04 (25 marks): Extract C (lines 17–19) states: ‘Many environmental economists suggest that making firms pay for the costs of landfill associated with their products, or taxing
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q08 (25 marks): Extract F (lines 1–3) states: ‘There are aspects of market failure in the social care sector, though some argue that inappropriate government intervention and a
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q09 (15 marks): Explain how the imposition of a tax on a good or service affects both consumer surplus and producer surplus. [15 marks] Essay 1 Critics of the world’s five most
- November 2020, Paper 3, Q18 (1 mark): Which one of the following government policies is most likely to reduce market failure and to improve the allocation of resources? A A higher rate of tax on all
- November 2020, Paper 3, Q23 (1 mark): Figure 6 shows the marginal private and social benefit (MPB and MSB) curves and the marginal private and social cost (MPC and MSC) curves in the market for dome
- November 2020, AS Paper 1, Q16 (1 mark): A government decides to set a minimum price for plastic bottles of water above the current market price. The most likely impact of the scheme will be A a rise i
- November 2020, AS Paper 1, Q24 (4 marks): Extract C (line 7) states: ‘Bus companies also receive subsidies to operate routes in rural areas.’ Draw a supply and demand diagram to show the effects on the
- November 2020, AS Paper 1, Q26 (25 marks): Extract C (lines 16–17) states: ‘Perhaps the time has come to stop free bus travel for the elderly or to limit it to certain groups?’ Use the extracts and your
- November 2020, AS Paper 1, Q30 (4 marks): Extract E (lines 10–12) states: ‘between 2006 and 2016, the price of tobacco rose by 43% more than general retail prices with the tax now being about 80% of the
- November 2020, AS Paper 1, Q32 (25 marks): Extract F (lines 17–19) states: ‘Should the UK government promote a particular brand of e-cigarettes as a ‘healthy alternative’ to conventional cigarettes? Shou
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