Test 8 — Life in the UK Test Practice
About Test 8 (Official 3rd Edition Handbook)
Test 8 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 8
When did hereditary peers lose the automatic right to attend the House of Lords?
Correct Answer: 1999
Hereditary peers lost their automatic right to attend the House of Lords in 1999 under the House of Lords Act.
This reform, introduced by Tony Blair's government, reduced the number of hereditary peers from over 700 to just 92 elected hereditary peers.