A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom who acts as an unpaid assistant to a minister or shadow minister. They are selected from backbench MPs as the 'eyes and ears' of the minister in the House of Commons.

What is the job of a private secretary?

The private secretary is the principal link between a government minister and officials in the department or ministry. He or she has overall responsibility for coordinating the development of the minister's policy remit, ensuring that the decisions of the minister are clearly and fully implemented by the department.

Who is called a permanent secretary?

Permanent secretaries are the non-political civil service chief executives of government departments, who generally hold their position for a number of years (thus "permanent") at a ministry as distinct from the changing political secretaries of state to whom they report and provide advice.

How do you become a private secretary?

The Minister can appoint his Private Secretaries either from government employees or from the private employment people or even unemployed. There are no set rules or guidelines for this appointment. I know a minister who appointed a lecturer in a private college as his Secretary.

How many private secretaries Does a minister have?

Who works in the private office? Private offices are staffed by private secretaries and other administrative staff. The size of a private office varies between a department's ministers, and ranges from five to 18 for secretaries of state.

Is private secretary a gazetted officer?

Private Secretary | Roster of Group B (Gazetted) | Service Matters | Patents | Intellectual Property India | Government of India.

What are the types of secretary?

The major categories of secretary are as follows:

• Private secretary.
• Secretary of an association.
• Secretary of embassy.
• Secretary of a cooperative society.
• Secretary of local body.
• Secretary of Government department.
• Company secretary.

Can a minister fire a Permanent Secretary?

Ministers may not dismiss civil servants. Civil servants are employed by their departments and are disciplined and dismissed by other civil servants – and if necessary by the permanent civil servant head of the department, the "Permanent Secretary".