Oral Answers to Questions — Naval and Military Pensions and Grants. – in the House of Commons at on 12 May 1924.
Mr William Egan
, Birkenhead West
asked the Minister of Pensions if he will circulate statistics, showing the effects of the arrangements which he has made for the consideration of appeals by recipients of pre-War dependency pensions, whose pensions had been reduced as the result of the general review?
The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of PENSIONS (Mr. J. W. Muir):
Complete figures are not yet available. I am glad, however, to be able to inform my hon. Friend that, out of the cases so far investigated in which reasons have been shown by the pensioner against either a proposed or an actual reduction of pre-War dependence pension, in 1,300 cases either the reduction has been modified or the full pension claimed has been allowed.
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.
