Part of Oral Answers to Questions — National Insurance – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 11 March 1947.
Mr Robert Young
, Newton
12:00,
11 March 1947
asked the Minister of National Insurance whether he is aware that an ex-Serviceman receiving an 80 per cent. disability pension amounting to 36s. per week, was paid, when off work through sickness, 6s. 9d. per week, and was told by his approved society that after two years he would be entitled to 9s. per week; and whether these amounts are general in all such cases.
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.
