Last updated: 10/01/2008

About the Civil Service

Permanent Secretaries Management Group (PSMG)

Terms of Reference

The PSMG will consider issues of importance to the Civil Service as a whole, including:

  • HR issues - including skills, pay and pensions
  • senior leadership
  • efficiency, including business process re-engineering, shared services
  • reputation
  • employee relations
  • risk
  • financial management
  • standards and values
  • capability of the Civil Service as a whole

The PSMG will provide corporate leadership to the Civil Service as a whole on these issues, and others where a single position is required

Membership of PSMG consists of all first permanent secretaries and other selected permanent secretaries and directors general. There is a full list available by following the link below

List of Permanent Secretaries Management Group members