Attorney General's Office

20 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0NF 

Tel: 020 7271 2492
Fax: 020 7271 2430
Website: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
Email: correspondenceunit@attorneygeneral.gsi.gov.uk
Generic Email format: firstname.surname@attorneygeneral.gsi.gov.uk

The Attorney General and the Solicitor General have three main functions: chief legal advisers to the Government; criminal justice ministers (alongside ministers in the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice); and guardians of the public interest.
 
The Attorney General and Solicitor General have overall responsibility for the Treasury Solicitor; superintend the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Serious Fraud Office; and have responsibility for the HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.  The Attorney General also holds the separate office of Advocate General for Northern Ireland.  The functions of this office include a consultative relationship with the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland in respect of matters touching on terrorism and national security.

Parliamentary Branch:
Tel: 020 7271 2490
Fax: 020 7271 2430
Email: Michael.dawes@attorneygeneral.gsi.gov.uk

Correspondence Section:
Tel: 020 7271 2492
Fax: 020 7271 2430
Email: correspondenceunit@attorneygeneral.gsi.gov.uk

Attorney General
The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP 

Leads on:

• Overall responsibility for the work of the Attorney General’s Office and superintended Departments (the Treasury Solicitor’s Department, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Serious Fraud Office, the Services Prosecuting Authority and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate).
• Specific statutory duty to superintend the discharge of duties by the Director of Public Prosecutions (who heads the Crown Prosecution Service) and the Director of the Serious Fraud Office,
• Non-statutory oversight of the Services Prosecuting Authority and government prosecuting departments
• Government’s principal legal adviser dealing (amongst others) with questions of international law, European Community/Union law, human rights and devolution issue
• Public interest functions, for example, reference of unduly lenient sentences to the Court of Appeal, bringing proceedings for contempt of court and intervention in certain proceedings to protect charities
• Questions of law arising on Bills and with issues of legal policy
• Legal aspects of all major international and domestic litigation involving the Government.

Private Office to The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP
Telephone: 020 7271 2405
Fax:  020 7271 2432
Email: privateoffice@attorneygeneral.gsi.gov.uk

Solicitor General
Edward Garnier QC MP

Leads on:

• Deputising for the Attorney General and responsible for such matters as the Attorney General delegates to him from time to time
• Providing support to the Attorney General in his superintendence of the Treasury Solicitor’s Department, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Service Prosecuting Authority, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate and the Serious Fraud Office
• Providing support to the Attorney General on civil litigation and advice on civil law matters and on the public interest function.

Private Office to Edward Garnier QC MP
Telephone: 020 7271 2405
Fax: 020 7271 2432
Email:  privateoffice@attorneygeneral.gsi.gov.uk

Advocate General for Scotland

The Rt Hon The Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC

The Advocate General for Scotland, The Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC is a Minister and one of the three UK Law Officers.  He is the UK Government’s principal legal adviser on Scots law and represents the UK Government before the Scottish Courts.  His principal statutory functions are in relation to devolution issues raised under the Scotland Act 1998.

The Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC represents the Attorney General’s Office, Scotland Office and Wales Office in their Parliamentary business in the House of Lords.

The Advocate General is the Minister who has overall responsibility to the UK Parliament for the work of the Office of the Advocate General (OAG). OAG’s Edinburgh office consists of three Divisions:

·         Advisory and Legislation

·         Litigation

·         HMRC (Advisory, Legislation and Litigation),

Private office to The Rt Hon The Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC

Telephone: 020 7270 6720

Fax: 020 7270 6813

Email: privateoffice@advocategeneral.gsi.gov.uk

Advocate General for Scotland
The Rt Hon The Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC

The Advocate General for Scotland, The Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC is a Minister and one of the three UK Law Officers.  He is the UK Government’s principal legal adviser on Scots law and represents the UK Government before the Scottish Courts.  His principal statutory functions are in relation to devolution issues raised under the Scotland Act 1998.

The Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC represents the Attorney General’s Office, Scotland Office and Wales Office in their Parliamentary business in the House of Lords.

The Advocate General is the Minister who has overall responsibility to the UK Parliament for the work of the Office of the Advocate General (OAG). OAG’s Edinburgh office consists of three Divisions:

• Advisory and Legislation
• Litigation
• HMRC (Advisory, Legislation and Litigation),

Private office to The Rt Hon The Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC
Telephone: 020 7270 6720
Fax: 020 7270 6813
Email: privateoffice@advocategeneral.gsi.gov.uk

Agencies of: Law Officers’ Departments

Treasury Solicitor’s Department*

* Also a Non Ministerial Department