Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Industry. – in the House of Commons am ar 14 Gorffennaf 1925.
Mr Herbert Williams
, Reading
asked the Minister of Labour the number of coal-miners registered as unemployed at the end of June, 1924, October, 1924, and June, 1925; and also the number of all other persons registered as unemployed on the same dates?
Mr Arthur Steel-Maitland
, Birmingham Erdington
The numbers of unemployed coalminers whose books were lodged at Employment Exchanges in Great Britain were 59,728 at the end of June, 1924; 129,994 at end of October, 1924, and 314,639 at end of June, 1925. The number of books lodged in respect of workpeople in other insured trades at the same dates were 982,091, 1,102,561 and 1,024,081 respectively.
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.
