Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 9 July 1964.
Mr Henry Brooke
, Hampstead
12:00,
9 July 1964
Grants to child care and probation students are based upon the Minister of Education's University and Other Award Regulations, 1962, and are exactly the same as for other students taking professional training. I do not know of any grounds for treating child care and probation students exceptionally.
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.
