0 (in the ) a government official who belongs to the Civil Service (= the official departments responsible for putting government plans into action) rather than an elected government
With ministers being temporary, this task falls to the permanent secretary.
The permanent secretary, after reviewing both positions, re-introduced the two-tier system.
In terms of the management responsibility of the permanent secretary, the most difficult management task is the management of policy formulation.
The minister would then need to pursue the matter equally formally, with written instructions to the permanent secretary and his subordinates.
A corollary of this final point is that the permanent secretary is accountable to the minister for the overall policy process.
I would sneak on the minister to the permanent secretary without telling the minister.
I have set in train measures to look into those reports, and the permanent secretary is conducting those measures.
The permanent secretary has that important role, and it is far from being administrative.
