Offices of the Advocate General
The Offices of the Advocate General are made up of:
- The Office of the Solicitor to the Advocate General (OSAG) based in Edinburgh
- The Legal Secretariat to the Advocate General (LSAG) based in London
- The Advocate General's Private Office
For further information on the role and work carried out by each office visit the links above.
To contact the Offices of the Advocate General, please visit our Contact page.
Read Our Annual Report (PDF, 813kb)
Our Staff:
The Offices of the Advocate General do not directly employ any staff. Staff are seconded from other government bodies, mainly the Scottish Government and the Ministry of Justice. Here is a chart showing the organisational structure of the Office of the Solicitor to the Advocate General. You can find out more about the staff in the Offices of the Advocate General in our Annual Report (PDF 813kb).
Our Management Board
The Director of the Scotland Office is an Additional Accounting Officer (AAO) within the overall responsibility of the Accounting Officer of the Ministry of Justice. His responsibilities cover both the Offices of the Advocate General and the Scotland Office.
The Offices have a Joint Management Board that oversees both organisations; the Director of the Scotland Office chairs that Board. This Board meets regularly and considers a wide range of issues, from the overall complement of the Offices to the budgeting allocations within the Offices.
Read the edited versions of the JMB Minutes:
Edited version of the minutes from the January 2010 JMB (PDF) (151kb)
Edited version of the minutes from the November 2009 JMB (PDF) (129kb)
Edited version of the minutes from the September 2009 JMB (PDF) (168kb)
Edited version of the minutes from the May 2009 JMB (PDF) (484kb)
Edited version of the minutes from the January 2009 JMB (PDF) (192kb)
In addition, the Joint Management Board has two sub-committees:
- Audit (described in the joint Scotland Office/OAG Annual Report) and
- the OAG Management Group dealing with operation matters within the Offices of the Advocate General.