Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons at on 14 June 1933.
Mr David Grenfell
, Gower
asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons on transitional benefit who have applied for public assistance; the number who have been granted nil awards, reduced benefit, and full benefit, respectively, to the latest available date; and the estimated difference between the amounts received by these beneficiaries and the full standard benefit which they would have drawn in the absence of a means test?
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.
