Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons at on 5 June 1939.
Mr Henry Brooke
, Lewisham West
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has any statement to make on the conclusion recorded by the Unemployment Assistance Board on page 52 of its report for 1938, to the effect that the policy of granting unconditional allowances to young people calls for revision in a considerable proportion of cases?
| Employment Exchange. | Total number of unemployed persons on the Register. | Total number of applicants for benefit or allowances. | Number of applicants who had been on Register | |||||
| One year but less than two years. | Two years but less than three years. | Three years but leas than four years. | Four years but less than five years. | Five years or more. | ||||
| Abergavenny | … | 391 | 364 | 29 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 8 |
| Abersychan | … | 751 | 737 | 56 | 40 | 50 | 30 | 204 |
| Abertillery | … | 1,421 | 1,328 | 206 | 71 | 76 | 34 | 216 |
| Blackwood | … | 1,130 | 1,024 | 122 | 73 | 63 | 42 | 194 |
| Blaenavon | … | 601 | 534 | 90 | 41 | 41 | 18 | 24 |
| Blaina | … | 956 | 871 | 295 | 95 | 25 | 11 | 4 |
| Caldicot | … | 156 | 142 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Chepstow | … | 224 | 198 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Ebbw Vale | … | 1,522 | 1,259 | 170 | 56 | 45 | 27 | 28 |
| Monmouth | … | 332 | 316 | 40 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
| Newbridge | … | 1,124 | 1,084 | 190 | 93 | 61 | 38 | 163 |
| Newport | … | 3,622 | 3,444 | 337 | 206 | 157 | 102 | 177 |
| Newport Docks | … | 1,024 | 1,016 | 46 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| Pontnewydd | … | 598 | 574 | 43 | 47 | 35 | 15 | 46 |
| Pontypool | … | 1,084 | 979 | 62 | 52 | 46 | 33 | 151 |
| Risca | … | 1,036 | 882 | 156 | 47 | 32 | 21 | 57 |
| Tredegar | … | 1,344 | 1,238 | 233 | 102 | 57 | 35 | 84 |
| Usk | … | 62 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Mr Alan Lennox-Boyd
, Mid Bedfordshire
There will be an opportunity for dealing with this subject in to-night's Debate.
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.
