Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons at on 7 March 1923.
Captain Denis Shipwright
, Penryn and Falmouth
asked the Minister of Labour the total numbers of unemployed on 1st January, 1921, 1st July, 1921, 1st December, 1922, and 1st March, 1923?
Mr Anderson Barlow
, Salford South
The numbers of persons on the Live Registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain at the dates nearest to those mentioned were:
| 1st January, 1921 | 701,179 |
| 1st July, 1921 | 2,040,278 |
| 4th December, 1922 | 1,389,894 |
| 26th February, 1923 | 1,328,000 |
Captain Denis Shipwright
, Penryn and Falmouth
Cannot something be learned from these figures, particularly the figure for July, 1921, by some hon. Members opposite?
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.
