Attorney General's Office (UK)
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| Jurisdiction | United Kingdom, mainly England and Wales |
| Headquarters | 20 Victoria Street, London, England |
| Annual budget | £600 million (current) & no capital expenditure for Law Officers' Departments in 2011-12 |
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| Website | www |
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 Robert Buckland QC MP.
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 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.
The Law Officers in England and Wales are as follows:
The prosecuting departments are:
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