. Advise the Minister in the exercise of his or her powers and the performance of his or her duties and functions; . Perform such functions as the Minister may consider necessary or expedient to ensure civilian oversight of the Service; . Promote democratic accountability and transparency in the Service; . Promote and facilitate participation by the Service in the Reconstruction and Development Programme; . Provide the Minister with legal services and advice on constitutional matters; . Provide the Minister with communication, support and administrative services; . Monitor the implementation of policy and directions issued by the Minister and report to the Minister thereon; . Conduct research into any policing matter in accordance with the instructions of the Minister and report to the Minister thereon; . Perform such functions as may from time to time be assigned to the Secretariat by the Minister; and . Evaluate the functioning of the Service and report to the Minister thereon. The Police Civilian Secretariat's budget is incorporated into Programme: Administration of Vote 24 of the Department of Police. Sub-programme: Management, whose allocation also includes a portion that constitutes a budget for the Secretariat of Police, increased by 6.47 per cent in real terms compared to 8.76 per cent of the previous year. This year's allocation to the Secretariat is estimated to be around R21 million - an amount that is expected to assist in the re-organisation of this structure.