Crown Office

Crown Office in Chancery
Department overview
Headquarters	House of Lords; London, SW1A 0PW
Employees	4
Minister responsible	Alex Chalk, Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor;
Department executives	Antonia Romeo, Permanent Secretary and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery; Ceri King, Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery and Clerk of the Chamber;
Parent department	Ministry of Justice
Key document	Crown Office Act 1877;

The Crown Office, also known (especially in official papers) as the Crown Office in Chancery, is a section of the Ministry of Justice (formerly the Lord Chancellor's Department). It has custody of the Great Seal of the Realm, and has certain administrative functions in connection with the courts and the judicial process, as well as functions relating to the electoral process for House of Commons elections, to the keeping of the Roll of the Peerage, and to the preparation of royal documents such as warrants required to pass under the royal sign-manual, fiats, letters patent, etc. In legal documents, the Crown Office refers to the office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery.

The Crown Office employees consist of the Head of the Crown Office, one sealer and two scribes.

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