Oral Answers to Questions — Naval and Military Pensions and Grants. – in the House of Commons at on 9 December 1920.
Major Sir William Cope
, Llandaff and Barry
asked the Minister of Pensions the cost of the conversion of the Buttrills Camp, Barry, Glamorgan, into a convalescent treatment and training centre for the wounded?
Sir Alfred Mond
, Swansea West
The total estimated cost of conversion is £62,150, including equipment and furnishing, and payments to the Disposal Board in respect of hutting, etc.
Ministers make up the Government and almost all are members of the House of Lords or the House of Commons. There are three main types of Minister. Departmental Ministers are in charge of Government Departments. The Government is divided into different Departments which have responsibilities for different areas. For example the Treasury is in charge of Government spending. Departmental Ministers in the Cabinet are generally called 'Secretary of State' but some have special titles such as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Ministers of State and Junior Ministers assist the ministers in charge of the department. They normally have responsibility for a particular area within the department and are sometimes given a title that reflects this - for example Minister of Transport.
