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 29 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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• Create an AU Pair Specific visa in the UK
  Opened on Wednesday 20th September 2023
  29 signatures so far

• Deport all foreign and dual nationals imprisoned for a year or more
  Opened on Thursday 14th September 2023
  7,451 signatures so far

• Provide a minimum of 10 days statutory paid leave for victims of domestic abuse
  Opened on Wednesday 13th September 2023
  226 signatures so far

• End shelter for single male asylum seekers and restrict helping migrant boats
  Opened on Wednesday 13th September 2023
  347 signatures so far

• Introduce tax relief for immigration and visa fees
  Opened on Thursday 7th September 2023
  30 signatures so far

• Change the Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Limit from 0.08 to 0.02
  Opened on Thursday 7th September 2023
  17 signatures so far

• Provide Ukrainian refugees with settled status to enable a stable life in the UK
  Opened on Tuesday 5th September 2023
  21,453 signatures so far

• Provide funding for additional policing of road traffic offences
  Opened on Wednesday 30th August 2023
  16 signatures so far

• Grant home fee status and eligibility for student loans to BNO visa holders
  Opened on Wednesday 30th August 2023
  102 signatures so far

• Prohibit the filming of people in the workplace without consent
  Opened on Tuesday 29th August 2023
  28 signatures so far

• Create dedicated section for UK passport holders at arrival in UK airports
  Opened on Friday 25th August 2023
  19 signatures so far

• Review timescales for disclosing custodial sentences through DBS
  Opened on Friday 25th August 2023
  17 signatures so far

• Make customer service agents in energy eligible for Skilled Worker visas
  Opened on Friday 25th August 2023
  40 signatures so far

• Remove appeal and judicial review rights for all immigration and asylum cases
  Opened on Wednesday 23rd August 2023
  42 signatures so far

• Seek to use uninhabited British Island to process asylum seekers
  Opened on Monday 14th August 2023
  49 signatures so far

• Automatically make the homeless with diabetes a priority for housing
  Opened on Friday 11th August 2023
  27 signatures so far

• House all asylum seekers who entered the UK illegally in basic accommodation
  Opened on Friday 11th August 2023
  39 signatures so far

• Increase the additional hours that migrants on Skilled Worker Visas can work
  Opened on Thursday 10th August 2023
  17 signatures so far

• Continue ILR clock when switching between qualifying visas
  Opened on Wednesday 9th August 2023
  375 signatures so far

• Abandon plans to transfer asylum seekers to Rwanda.
  Opened on Monday 7th August 2023
  86 signatures so far

• Make it illegal to be naked in a public place
  Opened on Friday 4th August 2023
  437 signatures so far

• Extend date for existing students to switch to Skilled Worker visa
  Opened on Thursday 20th July 2023
  15,287 signatures so far

• Ban sale of all sharply pointed kitchen knives
  Opened on Wednesday 19th July 2023
  44 signatures so far

• Allow Skilled Worker Visa holders to get an 'Open Work Visa' after two years
  Opened on Wednesday 19th July 2023
  1,497 signatures so far

• Don't increase immigration fees for NHS workers
  Opened on Wednesday 19th July 2023
  106 signatures so far

• Investigate the legality of pushing back boats seeking to enter the UK illegally
  Opened on Monday 17th July 2023
  574 signatures so far

• Allow BN(O) holders to use e-gates at passport control
  Opened on Friday 14th July 2023
  11,106 signatures so far

• Urgent amnesty for undocumented migrants living in the UK for 5+ years
  Opened on Wednesday 12th July 2023
  35 signatures so far

• Add a Bank Holiday commemorating the Windrush Generation
  Opened on Wednesday 12th July 2023
  25 signatures so far

• Amend Sec 10A of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 to include Christian marriages
  Opened on Tuesday 11th July 2023
  15 signatures so far

• Full legalisation and taxation of cannabis for medical and recreation use
  Opened on Tuesday 11th July 2023
  237 signatures so far

• Allow trans and nonbinary people to legally change their date of birth
  Opened on Friday 7th July 2023
  14 signatures so far

• Allow siblings of EU citizens resident in the UK to access the Settlement Scheme
  Opened on Thursday 6th July 2023
  23 signatures so far

• Make it illegal to knock on doors to preach and attempt to convert to a religion
  Opened on Wednesday 5th July 2023
  59 signatures so far

• Hold a referendum on whether to make photo identity cards compulsory in the UK
  Opened on Wednesday 5th July 2023
  260 signatures so far

• Send all asylum seekers to a third country or their home country
  Opened on Wednesday 5th July 2023
  1,606 signatures so far

• Recognise the status of 'Climate Refugee' in the UK
  Opened on Wednesday 5th July 2023
  577 signatures so far

• Create safe routes for Iranians to apply for asylum in the UK
  Opened on Tuesday 4th July 2023
  145 signatures so far

• Create new rights to use guns for defence on private property
  Opened on Monday 3rd July 2023
  38 signatures so far

• Allow on-site drug testing at festivals without a licence or permanent structure
  Opened on Monday 3rd July 2023
  23 signatures so far

• Enable people to find out if housemates have a record of violence
  Opened on Friday 30th June 2023
  285 signatures so far

• Make burning the Pride Flag an offence with a ban on public office for offenders
  Opened on Wednesday 28th June 2023
  111 signatures so far

• Require annual mental health evaluations for police officers
  Opened on Thursday 22nd June 2023
  95 signatures so far

• Help EVERYONE identify signs of child abuse, neglect and know what to do next
  Opened on Tuesday 20th June 2023
  102 signatures so far

• Establish a British Volunteer Guard
  Opened on Monday 19th June 2023
  1,045 signatures so far

• Create a dedicated Minister for Knife Crime Prevention
  Opened on Monday 19th June 2023
  3,841 signatures so far

• Require police carry tranquilizer guns and ban use of police firearms on animals
  Opened on Thursday 15th June 2023
  8,618 signatures so far

• Introduce specific restrictions on displaying swastikas and other Nazi symbols
  Opened on Thursday 15th June 2023
  109 signatures so far

• Urge the United Nations to provide search and rescue teams to Ukraine urgently
  Opened on Tuesday 13th June 2023
  1,263 signatures so far

• Extend family visas to all parents of British citizens
  Opened on Tuesday 13th June 2023
  42 signatures so far

• Create a Privacy Council to educate and improve privacy in the UK
  Opened on Wednesday 7th June 2023
  21 signatures so far

• Lower B1 Level English Requirement to A2 Level for Skilled Worker Visa
  Opened on Tuesday 6th June 2023
  257 signatures so far

• Allow international students and those with graduate visas to bring dependents
  Opened on Monday 5th June 2023
  38 signatures so far

• Allow biometric residence permit (BRP) holders to use eGates at passport control
  Opened on Monday 5th June 2023
  377 signatures so far

• Devolve immigration powers for refugees to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
  Opened on Thursday 1st June 2023
  247 signatures so far

• Make intentionally spreading misinformation a criminal offence
  Opened on Thursday 1st June 2023
  83 signatures so far

• Legalise cannabis and expunge previous convictions for possession
  Opened on Tuesday 30th May 2023
  318 signatures so far

• Stop emergency services using sirens while passing a funeral procession
  Opened on Monday 22nd May 2023
  20 signatures so far

• Make tool theft a specific criminal offence with tougher penalties
  Opened on Thursday 18th May 2023
  203 signatures so far

• Waive visa fees for Ukrainian nationals
  Opened on Tuesday 16th May 2023
  52 signatures so far

• Withdraw from the UN Global Compact for Migration
  Opened on Wednesday 10th May 2023
  748 signatures so far

• Make altering property borders without consent a specific criminal offence
  Opened on Wednesday 3rd May 2023
  14 signatures so far

• Evacuate Sudanese nationals whose travel documents are held by the UK Government
  Opened on Tuesday 2nd May 2023
  73 signatures so far

• Introduce higher maximum sentences for possession of more dangerous knives
  Opened on Tuesday 2nd May 2023
  24 signatures so far

• Reinstate carrying forward time left on passports during renewal
  Opened on Tuesday 2nd May 2023
  58 signatures so far

• 5-year prison sentences and communications restrictions for child sex offenders
  Opened on Tuesday 2nd May 2023
  160 signatures so far

• Stop housing asylum seekers in tourist towns
  Opened on Tuesday 2nd May 2023
  48 signatures so far

• Create a Sudanese Family Scheme visa for Sudanese people affected by war
  Opened on Friday 28th April 2023
  28,800 signatures so far

• Require deletion of police records where investigation was due to mental illness
  Opened on Friday 28th April 2023
  137 signatures so far

• Require individuals proselytizing to display proof of criminal record check
  Opened on Friday 28th April 2023
  24 signatures so far

• Make foreign NHS nurses and their family eligible for citizenship after 5 years
  Opened on Friday 28th April 2023
  1,443 signatures so far

• Create a mechanism to ban protests in specific areas at certain times
  Opened on Thursday 27th April 2023
  22 signatures so far

• Let asylum seekers work in Climate Change Adaptation & Regenerative Agriculture
  Opened on Thursday 27th April 2023
  32 signatures so far

• Allow Healthcare Workers on skilled worker visas to work for any employer
  Opened on Thursday 27th April 2023
  11,718 signatures so far

• Minimum 15-year sentence for all child sexual offences
  Opened on Thursday 27th April 2023
  562 signatures so far

• Require the dismissal of police officers found guilty of a criminal offence
  Opened on Wednesday 26th April 2023
  558 signatures so far

• Make time spent on other work visa categories to count towards ILR in 5 years
  Opened on Wednesday 26th April 2023
  385 signatures so far

• Repeal the Vagrancy Act (1824)
  Opened on Wednesday 26th April 2023
  41 signatures so far

• Urgent review into the protection of unborn children in domestic violence cases
  Opened on Monday 24th April 2023
  165 signatures so far

• Allow people to keep hand guns for home defence in Great Britain
  Opened on Friday 21st April 2023
  74 signatures so far

• Impose minimum sentences for first offence of possession of a knife
  Opened on Friday 21st April 2023
  766 signatures so far

• Ban cyclists from wearing balaclavas without a genuine reason
  Opened on Wednesday 19th April 2023
  66 signatures so far

• Allow convictions for rape and sexual assault if defendant cannot prove consent

• Allow convictions for rape and sexual assault if defendant cannot prove consent
  Opened on Tuesday 18th April 2023
  25 signatures so far

• Review police handling of cases involving vulnerable suspects
  Opened on Monday 17th April 2023
  126 signatures so far

• Allow Serbian citizens to visit the UK for up to 90 days without a visa
  Opened on Friday 14th April 2023
  13,065 signatures so far

• Do not house asylum seekers on ships with free access to the mainland
  Opened on Friday 14th April 2023
  7,566 signatures so far

• Offer asylum to all LGBTQ+ Ugandans facing persecution in Uganda
  Opened on Tuesday 11th April 2023
  335 signatures so far

• Make chanting about tragedies and death at a football match a criminal offence
  Opened on Wednesday 5th April 2023
  17,887 signatures so far

• Travel ban on Ugandan MPs and clergy who supported Anti-Homosexuality Bill
  Opened on Wednesday 5th April 2023
  4,765 signatures so far

• Introduce 'Grow Your Own' Laws for Legal Medical Cannabis Patients (CBPM)
  Opened on Tuesday 4th April 2023
  12,466 signatures so far

• Commission a review of all Police Forces in England and Wales
  Opened on Tuesday 4th April 2023
  50 signatures so far

• Remove age and time restrictions on working visas for Australian/NZ nationals
  Opened on Tuesday 4th April 2023
  982 signatures so far

• Ban under 18s being stopped and searched without parental consent
  Opened on Tuesday 4th April 2023
  682 signatures so far

• Create absolute rights to personal defence including carrying and using firearms
  Opened on Tuesday 4th April 2023
  233 signatures so far

• Remove additional work restrictions for those on visas
  Opened on Friday 31st March 2023
  89 signatures so far

• Fund aftercare in sexual offence cases where there is no conviction
  Opened on Thursday 30th March 2023
  52 signatures so far

• Scrap Police and Crime Commissioners
  Opened on Thursday 30th March 2023
  32 signatures so far

• Make forced adoption illegal
  Opened on Wednesday 29th March 2023
  159 signatures so far

• Give retained firefighters the right to have lights/sirens on personal vehicle
  Opened on Wednesday 29th March 2023
  19 signatures so far

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