– in the House of Commons at on 9 December 1920.
Mr Godfrey Locker-Lampson
, Wood Green
asked the Chancellor of the exchequer how many men and women, exclusive of soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Post Office employés, were employed in Government Departments on the 1st of December last, and also the number of industrial employés in dockyards and similar establishments?
Mr Stanley Baldwin
, Bewdley
Statistics of the numbers of Government staffs on the 1st instant are not yet available. The number of men and women, exclusive of sailors, soldiers, airmen and Post Office employés, employed on the 1st October in Government Departments was approximately 177,000. The number of industrial staff employed at the same date, excluding post office employés, was approximately 140,000, of whom approximately 126,000 were employed under the Admiralty, War Office, Air Ministry and Ministry of Munitions.
Mr Noel Billing
, Hertford
Has this been done to make the world safe for bureaucracy?
The chancellor of the exchequer is the government's chief financial minister and as such is responsible for raising government revenue through taxation or borrowing and for controlling overall government spending.
The chancellor's plans for the economy are delivered to the House of Commons every year in the Budget speech.
The chancellor is the most senior figure at the Treasury, even though the prime minister holds an additional title of 'First Lord of the Treasury'. He normally resides at Number 11 Downing Street.
