(in the ) agovernmentofficialwhobelongsto theCivilService(= theofficialdepartmentsresponsiblefor puttinggovernmentplansintoaction)ratherthan anelectedgovernment
With ministers being temporary, this task falls to thepermanentsecretary.
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Thepermanentsecretary, after reviewing both positions, re-introduced the two-tier system.
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In terms of the management responsibility of thepermanentsecretary, the most difficult management task is the management of policy formulation.
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The minister would then need to pursue the matter equally formally, with written instructions to thepermanentsecretaryand his subordinates.
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A corollary of this final point is that thepermanentsecretaryis accountable to the minister for the overall policy process.
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I would sneak on the minister to thepermanentsecretarywithout telling the minister.
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I have set in train measures to look into those reports, and thepermanentsecretaryis conducting those measures.
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Thepermanentsecretaryhas that important role, and it is far from being administrative.
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When he was appointed, he was given the rank of secondpermanentsecretary, according to established precedent.
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His transition from outstandingpermanentsecretaryto outstanding parliamentarian is complete.
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That, of course, depends upon the respective force of the personality of thepermanentsecretaryand of his political chief.
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The unit reports to a steering group chaired by thepermanentsecretaryand has a staff of 10.
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As final icing on the cake, thepermanentsecretaryshould be told that his knighthood depends on his success in cutting public expenditure.
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That is the salary of a secondpermanentsecretary.
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That would be in the case of the retiredpermanentsecretarywith 40 years' service.
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