Test 17 — Life in the UK Test Practice
About Test 17 (Official 3rd Edition Handbook)
Test 17 is a free 24-question practice test for British citizenship naturalisation and Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR / settlement) applicants in the United Kingdom. Every question is written directly from the official Home Office handbook, Life in the UK: A Guide for New Residents (3rd Edition), covering British values, UK history, society, and government. To pass the official Life in the UK Test (booking fee £50 at gov.uk), candidates must answer at least 18 out of 24 multiple-choice questions correctly (75% pass mark) within 45 minutes.
Life in the UK Test 17
When did hereditary peers lose the automatic right to attend the House of Lords?
Correct Answer: 1999
Hereditary peers lost the automatic right to attend the House of Lords in 1999.
The House of Lords Act 1999 removed the right of most hereditary peers to sit and vote in the Lords as part of a wider constitutional reform.
As a transitional arrangement, 92 hereditary peers were allowed to remain. Membership of the Lords is now predominantly made up of life peers appointed by the Prime Minister.