Permanent Secretary

The permanent secretary was trying hard to keep the contempt out of his voice.

The most senior civil servant in a department is a permanent secretary.

He was soon posted as the permanent secretary in the ministry of works.

"But then it became clear that I was meant to be a permanent secretary.

But Gordon is on the phone all the time," one permanent secretary told me recently.

We guarantee high-level attention from the permanent secretary and the minister.

He was established permanent secretary in 1968 and 1969.

His ranking is, however, lower than most other permanent secretaries according to the pay scale.

"Because there have been some allegations of security leaks and so on, I've asked the permanent secretary to look into that for me."

"It is entirely appropriate for the permanent secretary to explain the forward process to staff in this way."

Half the permanent secretaries in Whitehall are now women, he continued.

He liked to sit seeing others, including the permanent secretaries, arguing in front of him.

Williams was a Permanent Secretary by the time he left the civil service in 1991.

Some larger departments also have a second permanent secretary who acts as deputy.

The head of the department civil servants is the Permanent Secretary.

The usual retirement age for a Permanent Secretary is 60.

He would have been a jolly good permanent secretary.

The administrative management of the department is led by a senior civil servant known as a permanent secretary.

In 1948 he became Permanent Secretary, serving several government departments.

The permanent secretary at the Department for Education has now confirmed that this is not true.

At this latter date he was appointed permanent secretary of the treasury.

This is roughly equivalent to a British permanent secretary.

He was also the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy 1874-1881.

The permanent secretary is the highest ranking civil servant of the ministry.

The principal aim of permanent secretaries is to grow their departments.