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GLS Departments
Attorney General’s Office
BIS
Charity Commission
Competition Commission
DECC
Defra
CLG
DCMS
DFE
Department for Transport
DWP/H
Food Standards Agency
Health & Safety Executive
HMRC
HM Treasury
Home Office
Law Commission
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Justice
Office of Fair Trading
Serious Fraud Office
TSol (Treasury Solicitors)
Other Departments

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GLS Departments

The GLS includes almost all the major Departments of State, Regulatory bodies and other Governmental organisations. The size of the legal teams varies from Department to Department, as you can see in the table below. If you would like to read more about the work of each legal team, please click on a link in the menu on the left to view information about the organisation.

Department	Lawyers
Attorney General's Office (AGO)	19
Charity Commission (CC)	16
Communications & Electronic Security Group (CESG)	14
Communities and Local Government (CLG)	48
Competition Commission (Comp Comm)	13
Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS)	76
Department for Transport (DFT)	77
Department for Work & Pensions/Department of Health (DWP/DH)	199
Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC)	50
Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency Legal Group (DVLA)	1
Food Standards Agency (FSA)	3
Health & Safety Executive (HSE)	8
HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI)	10
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)	179
Home Office (HO)	61
Ministry of Defence (MoD)	59
Ministry of Justice (MoJ) including Office of the Official Solicitor and Public Trustee; Law Commission; Wales Office	95
Office of Fair Trading (OFT)	49
Office of Gas & Electricity Markets (OFGEM)	43
Office of Rail Regulation (ORR)	8
Serious Fraud Office (SFO)	48
The Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED)	3
TSol (Treasury Solicitor's Department) including Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Department for Education; Department for Culture, Media & Sport; HM Treasury Legal Advisors	659
Water Services Regulation Authority (OFWAT)	7
Welsh Government (WG)	105

*updated 02/04/2012

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