Home Office

The first duty of the government is to keep citizens safe and the country secure. The Home Office has been at the front line of this endeavour since 1782. As such, the Home Office plays a fundamental role in the security and economic prosperity of the United Kingdom. Home Office is a ministerial department, supported by 30 agencies and public bodies.

Website

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

Ministers

• The Rt Hon Priti Patel MP
  Secretary of State for the Home Department
• The Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Security)
• Kit Malthouse MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Crime and Policing)
• Baroness Williams of Trafford
  Minister of State
• Lord Stephen Greenhalgh
  Minister of State (Minister for Building Safety and Communities)
• Victoria Atkins MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Safeguarding)
• Kevin Foster MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Future Borders and Immigration)
• Chris Philp MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Immigration Compliance and Justice)

Petitions linked to this department

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• Fund increase in police stations across England and Wales
  Opened on Friday 14th May 2021
  9 signatures so far

• Relax rules on non-EU adult family members joining permanent UK residents
  Opened on Friday 14th May 2021
  6 signatures so far

• Allow security guards to carry weapons, such as batons, for self-defence
  Opened on Friday 14th May 2021
  8 signatures so far

• End visa requirements for Thai nationals who want to visit England.
  Opened on Friday 14th May 2021
  6 signatures so far

• Fund corrosive testing kits for police forces to help tackle acid attacks
  Opened on Thursday 13th May 2021
  10 signatures so far

• Allow Skilled Worker visa holders to start businesses in the UK
  Opened on Thursday 13th May 2021
  23 signatures so far

• Make Altering Property Borders without Consent a Specific Criminal Offence
  Opened on Thursday 13th May 2021
  6 signatures so far

• Mandate mental health and disability training for all police officers
  Opened on Tuesday 11th May 2021
  6 signatures so far

• Create a Police Code of Practice: Engaging with people with mental health issues
  Opened on Tuesday 11th May 2021
  6 signatures so far

• Allow international students to be self employed
  Opened on Monday 10th May 2021
  13 signatures so far

• Seek to negotiate a travel corridor between the USA and UK
  Opened on Monday 10th May 2021
  8 signatures so far

• Criminalise burning or intentional damage of the Union Flag.
  Opened on Monday 10th May 2021
  8 signatures so far

• Make polyamorous marriages legal in England and Wales
  Opened on Friday 7th May 2021
  6 signatures so far

• Allow widowed/single parents of British Citizens to live in the UK as dependants
  Opened on Friday 7th May 2021
  10 signatures so far

• Fund measures to improve street safety
  Opened on Thursday 6th May 2021
  7 signatures so far

• Fund pay rise for Police Officers
  Opened on Thursday 6th May 2021
  6 signatures so far

• Relax immigration rules to enable the UK hospitality industry to recover
  Opened on Wednesday 5th May 2021
  7 signatures so far

• Reinstate Passport renewals adding time left to new passport, as per prior 2018
  Opened on Wednesday 5th May 2021
  9 signatures so far

• VALERIE'S LAW Compulsory Training for Agencies Supporting Black DV Victims
  Opened on Friday 30th April 2021
  6 signatures so far

• Grant Canadians born before 1977 the right to dual citizenship.
  Opened on Friday 30th April 2021
  19 signatures so far

• Abolish or reduce immigration fees for Commonwealth Service Personnel
  Opened on Thursday 29th April 2021
  9 signatures so far

• Allow companies to continue to conduct "right to work" checks on video calls
  Opened on Wednesday 28th April 2021
  21 signatures so far

• Make Post Study Work Visa Count Towards Settlement
  Opened on Wednesday 28th April 2021
  20 signatures so far

• Make Britain rape-free by 2050
  Opened on Monday 26th April 2021
  7 signatures so far

• Exempt non-UK NHS staff and their family from ILR and citizenship fees
  Opened on Monday 26th April 2021
  15 signatures so far

• Grant all key workers indefinite leave to remain
  Opened on Friday 23rd April 2021
  6 signatures so far

• Release all details of all offences for DBS checks of care/education workers
  Opened on Friday 23rd April 2021
  8 signatures so far

• Exempt dependents of NHS workers (ILR) from the Immigration Health Surcharge
  Opened on Friday 23rd April 2021
  22 signatures so far

• Ban full face coverings in public places
  Opened on Friday 23rd April 2021
  21 signatures so far

• An public inquiry into the causes surrounding missing Black people
  Opened on Friday 23rd April 2021
  7 signatures so far

• Introduce AU PAIR VISAS to allow Au Pairs from Europe easy entry to the UK
  Opened on Thursday 22nd April 2021
  7 signatures so far

• Bring Partner and Spouse Visa Requirements in Line with BNO Visas
  Opened on Wednesday 21st April 2021
  6 signatures so far

• Take urgent action to stop Human Trafficking
  Opened on Wednesday 21st April 2021
  9 signatures so far

• Place sex offenders who were convicted before 1997 on the sex offenders register
  Opened on Wednesday 21st April 2021
  14 signatures so far

• Take action to prevent illegal attempts to enter the UK
  Opened on Wednesday 21st April 2021
  21 signatures so far

• Lower or abolish the minimum income requirement for UK Family Visas
  Opened on Wednesday 21st April 2021
  22 signatures so far

• Abolish Police and Crime Commissioners
  Opened on Tuesday 20th April 2021
  11 signatures so far

• Extend coverage of the UK's Hong Kong Visa Scheme, devise BNO citizenship plan
  Opened on Tuesday 20th April 2021
  6 signatures so far

• Amend rules on continuous residence for settled status for absences due to work
  Opened on Friday 16th April 2021
  15 signatures so far

• Give 16 year olds an I.D card Instead of using a birth certificate/passport.
  Opened on Thursday 15th April 2021
  8 signatures so far

• Remove police powers on removing encampments from the Police and Crime Bill
  Opened on Thursday 15th April 2021
  22 signatures so far

• Give all children born in the UK after 1 Jan 1983 rights to British citizenship
  Opened on Thursday 15th April 2021
  22 signatures so far

• Register sex offenders for life
  Opened on Wednesday 14th April 2021
  33 signatures so far

• Fund increased enforcement of road traffic offences by cyclists
  Opened on Wednesday 14th April 2021
  6 signatures so far

• Initiate a refugee program for persecuted health workers in Myanmar
  Opened on Wednesday 14th April 2021
  16 signatures so far

• Allow the public to vote on the legalisation of cannabis
  Opened on Wednesday 14th April 2021
  22 signatures so far

• Tougher Laws/Penalties to tackle theft of Catalytic Converters
  Opened on Wednesday 14th April 2021
  151 signatures so far

• Repeal the Investigatory Powers Act 2016
  Opened on Tuesday 13th April 2021
  29 signatures so far

• Reduce period for children (under 18) to settle in the UK to 5 years' residence
  Opened on Monday 12th April 2021
  25 signatures so far

• Make bullying a specific criminal offence
  Opened on Monday 12th April 2021
  184 signatures so far

• Cancel the 'Project Vigilant' pilots
  Opened on Monday 12th April 2021
  7 signatures so far

• Settled Status for EU citizens who contributed as key workers during Covid-19.
  Opened on Thursday 1st April 2021
  11 signatures so far

• Reform Calculations for Child Maintenance where the child stays with the NRP
  Opened on Thursday 1st April 2021
  314 signatures so far

• Restrict the use and sale of covert and 'spy' recording equipment to the public
  Opened on Wednesday 31st March 2021
  142 signatures so far

• Reintroduce a National ID Card.
  Opened on Wednesday 31st March 2021
  14 signatures so far

• Legalize cannabis for recreational and medical use
  Opened on Wednesday 31st March 2021
  462 signatures so far

• Authorise the use of water cannon by the police and fund their acquisition
  Opened on Tuesday 30th March 2021
  724 signatures so far

• Add a year to passports due to ban on holidays due to Covid
  Opened on Tuesday 30th March 2021
  15 signatures so far

• Fund attachment aware and trauma informed training for elected politicians
  Opened on Monday 29th March 2021
  8 signatures so far

• Provide women with devices to alert police/local authorities of harassment/abuse
  Opened on Monday 29th March 2021
  13 signatures so far

• Make use of a Slingshot or Catapult illegal
  Opened on Monday 29th March 2021
  618 signatures so far

• Extend the new Graduate Route Visa to all students on a Tier 4 visa.
  Opened on Monday 29th March 2021
  9 signatures so far

• Include negative tests in any domestic vaccine passport scheme
  Opened on Friday 26th March 2021
  9 signatures so far

• Add social workers to the professions it is an additional offence to assault
  Opened on Thursday 25th March 2021
  11,379 signatures so far

• Run a public awareness campaign to stop violence against women
  Opened on Wednesday 24th March 2021
  105 signatures so far

• Close the border for horse travel to stop EHV
  Opened on Wednesday 24th March 2021
  23 signatures so far

• Create a national register of offenders who commit crimes against females
  Opened on Tuesday 23rd March 2021
  163 signatures so far

• Make the sex offenders register public to all in the uk
  Opened on Tuesday 23rd March 2021
  16 signatures so far

• Ratify the Istanbul Convention
  Opened on Tuesday 23rd March 2021
  104 signatures so far

• Make it mandatory for local councils in England to have a weapons amnesty bin.
  Opened on Friday 19th March 2021
  65 signatures so far

• Review all fixed penalty notice fines issued under COVID regulations
  Opened on Thursday 18th March 2021
  28 signatures so far

• Make applying for UK Citizenship free for under 18 year olds
  Opened on Thursday 18th March 2021
  16 signatures so far

• Temporary sweetheart visas for unmarried partners of UK residents from overseas
  Opened on Thursday 18th March 2021
  117 signatures so far

• Review barriers to entry to the police as a result of residing outside the UK
  Opened on Thursday 18th March 2021
  8 signatures so far

• Require all cemeteries to have CCTV
  Opened on Wednesday 17th March 2021
  43 signatures so far

• Review how joint tenancies can be ended following domestic abuse.
  Opened on Wednesday 17th March 2021
  202 signatures so far

• Physical proof of Pre/Settled status for EU nationals in UK
  Opened on Wednesday 17th March 2021
  408 signatures so far

• Trespassing should be criminal offense.
  Opened on Wednesday 17th March 2021
  18 signatures so far

• Do not pass the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
  Opened on Wednesday 17th March 2021
  4,669 signatures so far

• Do not restrict our rights to peaceful protest.
  Opened on Tuesday 16th March 2021
  248,016 signatures so far

• Remove single person protest clauses in Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill
  Opened on Tuesday 16th March 2021
  12,548 signatures so far

• Reverse decision to close legal routes for unaccompanied minors seeking asylum
  Opened on Tuesday 16th March 2021
  129 signatures so far

• Extend new Graduate Route to 2020 and pre-July 2021 graduates
  Opened on Tuesday 16th March 2021
  30 signatures so far

• Refuse UK entry to non-UK residents who do not have a COVID-19 vaccine passport.
  Opened on Monday 15th March 2021
  22 signatures so far

• Fund additional support for victims of COVID19 racism and anti-racism programmes
  Opened on Friday 12th March 2021
  20,874 signatures so far

• Lower citizenship fees for children under 18
  Opened on Friday 12th March 2021
  16 signatures so far

• Track & trace all sex offenders with electronic tagging
  Opened on Friday 12th March 2021
  45 signatures so far

• Create a public register of domestic violence/abuse offenders
  Opened on Thursday 11th March 2021
  603 signatures so far

• Change the legal drink drive alcohol limit to ZERO.
  Opened on Wednesday 10th March 2021
  13 signatures so far

• Make it legal to carry non-lethal self defence weapons
  Opened on Wednesday 10th March 2021
  31,023 signatures so far

• Extend EU Citizens' Deadline to Apply for UK (Pre-) Settled Status till 2023
  Opened on Wednesday 10th March 2021
  425 signatures so far

• Grant citizenship to asylum seekers living in the UK for more than 7 years
  Opened on Tuesday 9th March 2021
  583 signatures so far

• Bar entry to the UK to anyone convicted of public disorder offences/incitement
  Opened on Tuesday 9th March 2021
  15 signatures so far

• Extend the 2 years post-study work visas to 2020 Graduates
  Opened on Monday 8th March 2021
  1,356 signatures so far

• Extend Security Industry Authority licences by 12 months due to Covid-19
  Opened on Monday 8th March 2021
  50 signatures so far

• Include ‘North African’ as an ethnic group in the 2021 census
  Opened on Monday 1st March 2021
  117 signatures so far

• Coordinate with the EU to distribute Covid vaccines to priority groups in Europe
  Opened on Monday 1st March 2021
  60 signatures so far

• Revoke HC1043 changes that try to stop refugees from finding safety in the UK
  Opened on Monday 1st March 2021
  259 signatures so far

• Give unmarried long-term co-habiting couples an automatic right to inherit
  Opened on Wednesday 24th February 2021
  148 signatures so far

• Grant UK citizenship to Commonwealth & Nepalese Armed Forces veterans
  Opened on Wednesday 24th February 2021
  303 signatures so far

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