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The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) provides legal advice and support to the Attorney General and the Solicitor General (the Law Officers) who give legal advice to government. The AGO helps the Law Officers perform other duties in the public interest, such as looking at sentences which may be too low.
AGO is a ministerial department, supported by 4 agencies and public bodies.
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Correspondence address
102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9EA
United Kingdom
Telephone - 020 7271 2492
Please note we are not able to provide legal advice to members of the public or businesses.
Where possible, all correspondence should be sent to us via email to ensure safe and timely receipt.
We strive to answer all correspondence that falls within the remit of the AGO within 20 working days of receipt. However, we are unable to reply to matters that do not fall within the responsibility of the AGO
Correspondence that falls within the remit of the AGO will be stored in digital form only. Correspondence which falls outside the remit of the AGO will not be retained. The AGO will not keep hard copies of any material sent to us and we are unable to return them to the sender. Please ensure you only send copy material to us.
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07502670879
020 7271 2443 / 020 7271 2479
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07502 670879
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