Attorney General's Office (United Kingdom)
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| Jurisdiction | United Kingdom, mainly England and Wales |
| Headquarters | London, England |
| Annual budget | £600 million (current) & no capital expenditure for Law Officers' Departments in 2011-12 [1] |
| Minister responsible | Jeremy Wright, Attorney General for England and Wales |
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The Attorney General's Office (AGO) is a United Kingdom government department that supports the Attorney General and his deputy the Solicitor General.
It continues to be known informally as the Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers.
The Attorney-General is The Rt Hon. Jeremy Wright, QC PC MP. The Solicitor General is Oliver Heald MP.
Organisation
The Attorney General's Office (AGO) is one of the smallest UK government departments, with around 40 staff. It is one of "the Law Officers’ Departments" along with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI), the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office (RCPO), the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and the Government Legal Department. The Treasury Solicitor acts as Accounting Officer for the AGO.
The AGO provides legal and strategic policy advice and support to the Law Officers; it co-ordinates across the Law Officers’ Departments; and it leads work on cross-cutting aspects of the UK criminal justice system along with the CPS, the RCPO and the SFO.[2]
Ministers
The Law Officers in England and Wales are as follows: [3]
| Minister | Rank | Portfolio | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rt Hon Jeremy Wright QC PC MP | Attorney General Advocate General for Northern Ireland |
Chief legal adviser to the Crown, superintendence of prosecuting departments, guardian of the public interest | |
| Oliver Heald QC MP | Solicitor General | Deputising and providing support for the Attorney General | |
| Key | Conservative | |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat |
The prosecuting departments are:
- the Treasury Solicitor's Department;
- the Crown Prosecution Service;
- the Serious Fraud Office;
- the Service Prosecuting Authority; and
- HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate
References
- ↑ Budget 2011 (PDF). London: HM Treasury. 2011. p. 48. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ↑ The Attorney General's One Year Review 2009
- ↑ Cabinet Office List of Government Departments and Ministers: Attorney General's Office
