Home Office

The first duty of the government is to keep citizens safe and the country secure. The Home Office plays a fundamental role in the security and economic prosperity of the UK. Home Office is a ministerial department, supported by 28 agencies and public bodies.

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office

Ministers

• The Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP
  Secretary of State for the Home Department
• The Rt Hon Tom Tugendhat MBE VR MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Security)
• The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Immigration)
• The Rt Hon Chris Philp MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire)
• Sarah Dines MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Safeguarding)
• Lord Murray of Blidworth
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Lords Minister)
• Lord Sharpe of Epsom OBE
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Petitions linked to this department

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• Change the legal definition of Rape to allow women to be charged with rape
  Opened on Tuesday 21st January 2025
  30 signatures so far

• Repeal the 2000 and 2006 Terrorism Acts and review other legislation
  Opened on Tuesday 21st January 2025
  40 signatures so far

• Review strategy for youth crime & anti-social behaviour, and increase funding
  Opened on Tuesday 21st January 2025
  38 signatures so far

• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers
  Opened on Monday 20th January 2025
  74 signatures so far

• No visa restrictions to all citizens of Uzbekistan to enter the UK
  Opened on Monday 20th January 2025
  8 signatures so far

• Allow those on 5-year ILR route to combine time spent on all eligible visas
  Opened on Thursday 16th January 2025
  73 signatures so far

• Allow Ukrainian children in the UK to apply for settlement
  Opened on Thursday 16th January 2025
  35 signatures so far

• Create path to Settlement for Ukrainians in the UK
  Opened on Wednesday 15th January 2025
  27,439 signatures so far

• Review UK immigration policies, including a cap the number of people arriving
  Opened on Tuesday 14th January 2025
  66 signatures so far

• Lower financial requirement for Spouse Visa from £29,000 back to £18,600
  Opened on Monday 13th January 2025
  1,823 signatures so far

• Make spiking an indictable offence
  Opened on Thursday 9th January 2025
  43 signatures so far

• Deport all immigrants that arrive illegally from safe countries
  Opened on Tuesday 7th January 2025
  489 signatures so far

• Ban the wearing of face-coverings during marches and protests
  Opened on Friday 3rd January 2025
  873 signatures so far

• Toughen up the law to ensure stricter punishment for child sexual abuse material
  Opened on Friday 27th December 2024
  345 signatures so far

• Allow Ukrainians who are disabled to apply for immediate ILR
  Opened on Tuesday 24th December 2024
  33 signatures so far

• Abolish Non-Crime Hate Incidents
  Opened on Tuesday 24th December 2024
  22,372 signatures so far

• Review police pursuit rules to ensure proportionality and safety
  Opened on Monday 23rd December 2024
  141 signatures so far

• Change the earliest days of ILR application from 28days to 180days before 5years
  Opened on Monday 23rd December 2024
  180 signatures so far

• Enact measures to combat knife crime
  Opened on Friday 20th December 2024
  288 signatures so far

• Reverse April 2024 COS Restrictions for Ofsted Regulated Care Workers
  Opened on Friday 20th December 2024
  25 signatures so far

• Remove visa requirement: Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia
  Opened on Friday 20th December 2024
  77 signatures so far

• Grant all asylum seekers the right to work
  Opened on Friday 20th December 2024
  38 signatures so far

• Allow Visa applicants to pay health surcharge in instalments
  Opened on Thursday 19th December 2024
  37 signatures so far

• Allow migrants with settled status to vote in UK Parliament elections
  Opened on Thursday 19th December 2024
  39 signatures so far

• Require licences to use air rifles
  Opened on Wednesday 18th December 2024
  44 signatures so far

• Increase maritime enforcement to intercept and return boats to France.
  Opened on Monday 16th December 2024
  460 signatures so far

• Introduce Commonwealth Immigration Routes
  Opened on Monday 16th December 2024
  33 signatures so far

• Increase funding for border security and patrols in UK waters.
  Opened on Monday 16th December 2024
  109 signatures so far

• Indefinitely detain non-UK national terror suspects without charge
  Opened on Friday 13th December 2024
  62 signatures so far

• Legislate to make identity theft a specific criminal offence.
  Opened on Wednesday 11th December 2024
  78 signatures so far

• Exempt Commonwealth soldiers from the Life in the UK test after 6yrs Service.
  Opened on Wednesday 11th December 2024
  19 signatures so far

• Introduce stricter minimum penalties for acts of animal cruelty.
  Opened on Wednesday 11th December 2024
  423 signatures so far

• Change requirements for ILR for those who have graduated and worked for 3 years
  Opened on Friday 6th December 2024
  1,477 signatures so far

• Review the rules on suspending SIA licenses
  Opened on Friday 6th December 2024
  180 signatures so far

• Change laws around amendments on birth certificates
  Opened on Thursday 5th December 2024
  42 signatures so far

• Shorten residency period for undocumented migrants to apply to regularise status
  Opened on Monday 2nd December 2024
  217 signatures so far

• Fund more training for police in dog control matters.
  Opened on Monday 2nd December 2024
  1,197 signatures so far

• Implement regular checks on the legal status of all visa holders in the UK.
  Opened on Monday 2nd December 2024
  120 signatures so far

• Conduct a review of immigration laws and their impact on BNO holders.
  Opened on Friday 29th November 2024
  30 signatures so far

• Drivers who hit cats in their car should stop and take the cat to a vet
  Opened on Friday 29th November 2024
  876 signatures so far

• Allow carers already in UK on sponsored visa to work for any CQC care provider
  Opened on Thursday 28th November 2024
  11,202 signatures so far

• Allow healthcare surcharge to rollover if applicant hasn't used the NHS
  Opened on Thursday 28th November 2024
  59 signatures so far

• Fund a scheme for 20 Years’ service Medals for PCSOs.
  Opened on Thursday 28th November 2024
  817 signatures so far

• Make the sale of catapults/ammunition and carrying catapults in public illegal.
  Opened on Wednesday 27th November 2024
  3,300 signatures so far

• Remove the ban on semi automatic firearms over .22 calibre.
  Opened on Wednesday 27th November 2024
  110 signatures so far

• Require and fund all serving Police Dogs to have adequate protective equipment.
  Opened on Wednesday 27th November 2024
  130 signatures so far

• Require police to delete data collected due to false allegations.
  Opened on Wednesday 27th November 2024
  218 signatures so far

• Remove Universal Credit ‘Take-home Pay’ deductions for lone parent households
  Opened on Tuesday 26th November 2024
  115 signatures so far

• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!
  Opened on Tuesday 26th November 2024
  207,383 signatures so far

• Create dedicated section for UK passport holders at arrival in UK airports
  Opened on Monday 25th November 2024
  124 signatures so far

• Allow BN(O)s ETA-free entry
  Opened on Friday 22nd November 2024
  12,012 signatures so far

• Protections for Migrant Workers in the Care Worker Visa Sponsorship System (COS)
  Opened on Friday 22nd November 2024
  230 signatures so far

• Offer healthcare workers on tier2 visa ILR after 2 years instead of 5 years
  Opened on Thursday 21st November 2024
  4,292 signatures so far

• Reclassify Ketamine as a Class A drug
  Opened on Tuesday 19th November 2024
  541 signatures so far

• Reassess the classification of Cannabis and decriminalize it.
  Opened on Thursday 14th November 2024
  2,259 signatures so far

• Lower the English language test exemption age for BNO visa holders from 65 to 60
  Opened on Wednesday 13th November 2024
  1,730 signatures so far

• Don’t require health & care workers to update visa for additional work
  Opened on Wednesday 13th November 2024
  67 signatures so far

• Launch strategy to involve female asylum seekers in reframing asylum policy
  Opened on Tuesday 12th November 2024
  43 signatures so far

• Reduce the immigration health surcharge for family visas
  Opened on Thursday 7th November 2024
  170 signatures so far

• Introduce a Long-Term Visit Visa for Parents of British Citizens and ILR Holders
  Opened on Wednesday 6th November 2024
  4,435 signatures so far

• Require dating apps to ensure ID and DBS checks on users & ban violent offenders
  Opened on Tuesday 5th November 2024
  1,088 signatures so far

• Recognise the Nikkah as a legal form of marriage
  Open from Friday 17th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  17 signatures

• Introduce specific ban on Nazi hate symbols, materials, slogans and gestures
  Open from Friday 17th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  2,139 signatures

• Require all police officers to be armed with taser devices
  Open from Wednesday 15th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  20 signatures

• Review police response to illegal use of cannabis
  Open from Tuesday 14th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  16 signatures

• Remove work restrictions for international students

• Remove work restrictions for international students
  Open from Tuesday 14th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  49 signatures

• Ban certain face coverings in public
  Open from Tuesday 14th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  55 signatures

• Negotiate with Ireland reciprocal visa free tourism travel for residents
  Open from Tuesday 14th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  224 signatures

• Ban NDAs & confidentiality clauses for bullying, discrimination & harassment
  Open from Friday 10th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  3,027 signatures

• Stop giving accommodation, financial support & healthcare to illegal immigrants
  Open from Wednesday 8th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  5,967 signatures

• Mandate national service for carrying a knife, with an annual knife amnesty
  Open from Tuesday 7th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  180 signatures

• Ban carrying all knives regardless of length in public and increase sentences
  Open from Thursday 2nd May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  12,119 signatures

• Add a recommended renewal date to UK Passports
  Open from Thursday 2nd May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  60 signatures

• Make the sex offenders list public
  Open from Thursday 2nd May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  40 signatures

• Extend planned offence of assaulting retail workers to all public-facing roles
  Open from Thursday 2nd May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  411 signatures

• Take action to increase awareness and support victims of emotional abuse
  Open from Tuesday 30th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  283 signatures

• Seek to rejoin the European Union
  Open from Tuesday 30th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  5,337 signatures

• Repeal the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act
  Open from Friday 26th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  180 signatures

• Investigate the high number of dead Black people found in Thames
  Open from Friday 26th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  20 signatures

• Review Police response and support for Domestic Violence Victims
  Open from Thursday 25th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  46 signatures

• Reduce the minimum salary requirement for the New Skilled Workers route of 2024
  Open from Thursday 25th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  38 signatures

• Give carers of disabled children a right to workplace adjustments
  Open from Wednesday 24th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  34 signatures

• Seek agreement with the Falklands to process illegal migrants there
  Open from Thursday 18th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  31 signatures

• Abolish the role of Police and Crime Commissioner in England and Wales
  Open from Wednesday 17th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  39 signatures

• Make it an offence for owners of dogs that attack not to exchange personal info
  Open from Tuesday 16th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  38 signatures

• Require lifetime on sex offenders register for any sexual offence
  Open from Tuesday 16th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  21 signatures

• Fund a pay rise for police officers, in line with national minimum wage increase
  Open from Monday 15th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  22 signatures

• Do not create a special visa/settlement scheme for individuals from Gaza
  Open from Monday 15th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  79 signatures

• Count time on a Graduate visa for ILR applications by Skilled Workers
  Open from Friday 12th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  58 signatures

• Seek to agree a Touring Music Visa Scheme with the EU
  Open from Tuesday 9th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  3,052 signatures

• Take action to pressure Russia and support refugees over anti-LGBTQ+ measures
  Open from Tuesday 9th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  25 signatures

• Issue document confirming right to work for leave extended under Section 3C
  Open from Tuesday 9th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  10 signatures

• Ban bail for those accused or convicted of domestic violence
  Open from Monday 8th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  198 signatures

• Launch a public inquiry into treatment of cases relating to missing Black people
  Open from Friday 5th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  26 signatures

• Prevent loss of severe disability premium for pensioners with carers
  Open from Friday 5th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  20 signatures

• Do Not Push Forward with New Offences relating to Begging and Rough Sleeping
  Open from Friday 5th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  872 signatures

• Review provision of injury awards under the Police Pensions Regulations 2006
  Open from Friday 5th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  90 signatures

• Ban the sale of used power tools at car boot sales and markets
  Open from Wednesday 3rd April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  46,397 signatures

• Create a Sudanese Family Scheme visa for Sudanese people affected by war
  Open from Wednesday 27th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  55 signatures

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