§ Mr. Anthony Grantasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will set out in the Official Report the precise responsibilities of the Ministers in his Department.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinI deal with all major policy issues.
My right hon. Friend the Member for Daventry (Mr. Prentice), the Minister for Social Security and with special responsibility for the disabled, deals with other matters of policy on the day-to-day administration of social security and with matters concerning disabled people including war pensioners.
My hon. Friend the Member for Reading, South (Dr. Vaughan), Minister for Health, will deal with other matters of policy on, and day-to-day administration of, the health and personal social services.
My hon. Friend the Member for Wallasey (Mrs. Chalker), the Under-Secretary 53W of State, generally assists the Minister for Social Security, and particularly on matters relating to the supplementary benefits review, the self-employed, computer policies and plans for the operational development of the social security schemes and their simplification.
My hon. Friend the Member for Ealing, Acton (Sir G. Young), the Under-Secretary of State, generally assists my hon. Friend the Minister for Health and particularly on matters relating to the personal social services, prevention and health, and mental health and handicap.