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
  Lords Minister
• 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 the Courts)
• Lord Stephen Greenhalgh
  Minister of State (Minister for Building Safety and Communities)

Petitions linked to this department

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• Extend Visa extensions for health workers during coronavirus (COVID-19)
  Opened on Friday 15th January 2021
  7 signatures so far

• Make Smoking Illegal In All Public Places
  Opened on Friday 15th January 2021
  11 signatures so far

• Grant an urgent Amnesty to Undocumented Migrants living in the UK
  Opened on Thursday 14th January 2021
  617 signatures so far

• Extend EU Settlement Scheme for those affected by Covid-19
  Opened on Tuesday 12th January 2021
  174 signatures so far

• Introduce minimum 10-year sentences for one punch assaults
  Opened on Thursday 7th January 2021
  85 signatures so far

• Make it an offence for retailers to ask customers to remove their face covering
  Opened on Thursday 7th January 2021
  8 signatures so far

• Criminal records for all those caught breaking tier rules
  Opened on Thursday 7th January 2021
  8 signatures so far

• Legalise All Drugs
  Opened on Thursday 7th January 2021
  24 signatures so far

• Grant Skilled Worker visas to all non-UK healthcare staff
  Opened on Thursday 7th January 2021
  101 signatures so far

• Provide clarification on the new Graduate Route Visa
  Opened on Thursday 7th January 2021
  181 signatures so far

• Ban the sale of 2nd hand catalytic convertors
  Opened on Wednesday 6th January 2021
  72 signatures so far

• No more charter flight deportations to Jamaica and other Commonwealth countries
  Opened on Wednesday 6th January 2021
  17 signatures so far

• Ease restrictions on production, processing and sale of hemp
  Opened on Tuesday 5th January 2021
  10 signatures so far

• Make parental alienation a criminal offence
  Opened on Tuesday 5th January 2021
  205 signatures so far

• Legalise the Sale of oral snuff/Snus
  Opened on Tuesday 5th January 2021
  131 signatures so far

• Offer Indefinite Leave to Remain to all NHS and social care workers
  Opened on Monday 4th January 2021
  5,709 signatures so far

• Extend visas for, and offer free vaccination to, touring international artists
  Opened on Monday 4th January 2021
  23 signatures so far

• Reform the law so that drug addicts are not criminalised
  Opened on Monday 4th January 2021
  14 signatures so far

• Don't criminalise paying for sex.
  Opened on Thursday 31st December 2020
  3,098 signatures so far

• Lower the cost of British Citizenship applications to £372.
  Opened on Thursday 31st December 2020
  14,366 signatures so far

• Make free fast-track citizenship available to non-UK keyworkers
  Opened on Thursday 31st December 2020
  70 signatures so far

• Increase the age for a UK dependent visa to 21
  Opened on Thursday 31st December 2020
  8 signatures so far

• Waive citizenship application fees for NHS workers and their families
  Opened on Thursday 31st December 2020
  253 signatures so far

• Extend rights to Indefinite Leave to Remain for non-UK NHS workers
  Opened on Wednesday 30th December 2020
  637 signatures so far

• Offer citizenship to key workers that already have a settled status
  Opened on Wednesday 30th December 2020
  41 signatures so far

• Make it unlawful to require titular gender/marital status (Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms)
  Opened on Wednesday 16th December 2020
  16 signatures so far

• Automatic British Citizenship for UK Military Service by non British Nationals
  Opened on Wednesday 16th December 2020
  608 signatures so far

• Reinstate the right to appeal rejected visit visas
  Opened on Monday 14th December 2020
  16 signatures so far

• Include Latinx/Hispanic as an ethnic group in the 2021 census
  Opened on Monday 14th December 2020
  48 signatures so far

• Grant Indefinite Leave to Remain to British citizens’ long-term partners/spouses
  Opened on Thursday 10th December 2020
  42 signatures so far

• Revoke rules for refusing or cancelling permission to stay for rough sleepers
  Opened on Wednesday 2nd December 2020
  39,827 signatures so far

• Public inquiry on the use of camera surveillance infrastructure in public places
  Opened on Wednesday 2nd December 2020
  61 signatures so far

• Accept HND or Jury Service as proof of English for British Citizenship.
  Opened on Wednesday 2nd December 2020
  106 signatures so far

• End visa requirements for Angolans who want to visit England.
  Opened on Tuesday 1st December 2020
  117 signatures so far

• Amnesty to people in UK over 15 years. Especially with underlining illnesses.
  Opened on Tuesday 1st December 2020
  26 signatures so far

• Make it a criminal offence for MPs to mislead the public
  Opened on Monday 30th November 2020
  72,087 signatures so far

• Fund free panic alarms for children aged 11-15 years old
  Opened on Monday 30th November 2020
  45 signatures so far

• Extend Home Office ‘Good Character’ guidance for nationality applications
  Opened on Friday 27th November 2020
  35 signatures so far

• Exclude overtime and bonuses from income to calculate child maintenance payment
  Opened on Thursday 26th November 2020
  710 signatures so far

• Do not require encryption services to establish backdoors to enable data access
  Opened on Wednesday 25th November 2020
  963 signatures so far

• Extend Youth Mobility Scheme visas to cover for time lost during COVID pandemic
  Opened on Tuesday 24th November 2020
  1,487 signatures so far

• Bring forward provisions for Business Licences for Security Providers
  Opened on Thursday 19th November 2020
  34 signatures so far

• Reform legislation on sex work to improve safety
  Opened on Friday 13th November 2020
  20 signatures so far

• Introduce measures to encourage smaller families
  Opened on Thursday 12th November 2020
  10 signatures so far

• Restrict police powers under the Dangerous Dogs Act
  Opened on Tuesday 10th November 2020
  4,938 signatures so far

• Extend rights for family of British citizens in line with those for EU residents
  Opened on Monday 9th November 2020
  22 signatures so far

• Impose mandatory 10-year custodial sentences for all child sexual abuse offences
  Opened on Thursday 5th November 2020
  3,848 signatures so far

• Create safe routes to the UK for asylum seekers
  Opened on Thursday 5th November 2020
  106 signatures so far

• Increase the age at which a couple can legally get married to 21
  Opened on Wednesday 4th November 2020
  65 signatures so far

• Abolish the Immigration Health Surcharge
  Opened on Wednesday 4th November 2020
  202 signatures so far

• Exempt people with a Citizenship GCSE from the Life in the UK test
  Opened on Friday 30th October 2020
  34 signatures so far

• Limit compulsory DNA sample taking and offer an incentive to test voluntarily
  Opened on Thursday 29th October 2020
  9 signatures so far

• Make it an offence with mandatory custodial sentence not to stop car for police
  Opened on Wednesday 28th October 2020
  10 signatures so far

• Extend resident labour market test and increase salary thresholds for work visas
  Opened on Tuesday 27th October 2020
  13 signatures so far

• Review handling of rape cases and seek to increase prosecutions
  Opened on Tuesday 27th October 2020
  107 signatures so far

• Immediately Restart Refugee Resettlement Programmes
  Opened on Monday 26th October 2020
  112 signatures so far

• Don't include benefit entitlement for people with pre-settled and settled status
  Opened on Tuesday 20th October 2020
  862 signatures so far

• Two year minimum sentencing for 1st time offenders caught with a knife 16 yrs +
  Opened on Tuesday 20th October 2020
  1,113 signatures so far

• Increase fees for European residence documents to match those for ILR
  Opened on Tuesday 20th October 2020
  9 signatures so far

• Increase in Asylum Cash Support for Children with Autism during COVID-19
  Opened on Tuesday 20th October 2020
  9 signatures so far

• Ban the online sale of blades likely to be used as offensive weapons
  Opened on Monday 19th October 2020
  707 signatures so far

• Do not create offshore asylum centres
  Opened on Monday 19th October 2020
  129 signatures so far

• Make Indefinite Leave to Remain available to anyone resident in UK for 10 years
  Opened on Monday 19th October 2020
  4,813 signatures so far

• Suspend the requirement to attend citizenship ceremonies by Home Office.
  Opened on Friday 16th October 2020
  103 signatures so far

• Place supermarket alcohol Sales under the same restrictions as public houses.
  Opened on Friday 16th October 2020
  1,071 signatures so far

• Relax rules on gaps in continuous residence during Covid-19
  Opened on Thursday 15th October 2020
  31 signatures so far

• Make false reports of Covid-19 breaches a specific criminal offence
  Opened on Tuesday 13th October 2020
  41 signatures so far

• Do not pass the Covert Human Intelligence Sources Criminal Conduct Bill
  Opened on Tuesday 13th October 2020
  10,831 signatures so far

• Make causing nuisance noise a criminal offence
  Opened on Monday 12th October 2020
  34 signatures so far

• Ban wearing full-face coverings in public places.
  Opened on Monday 12th October 2020
  36 signatures so far

• Abolish charges for women changing their maiden to married name on passports
  Opened on Monday 12th October 2020
  27 signatures so far

• Legalise civilians carrying a firearm for self-defence and sport
  Opened on Friday 9th October 2020
  128 signatures so far

• Give 16-18 year olds an ID card showing date of birth.
  Opened on Thursday 8th October 2020
  12 signatures so far

• Give police the power to confiscate a passport after a fatal motor collision
  Opened on Thursday 8th October 2020
  238 signatures so far

• Close all pubs at 9pm
  Opened on Thursday 8th October 2020
  11 signatures so far

• Ban and block applications that risk national and data security
  Opened on Wednesday 7th October 2020
  26 signatures so far

• Review and reform Public Space Protection Orders
  Opened on Wednesday 7th October 2020
  2,131 signatures so far

• Provide at least £3,000 instead of £300 for granted refugees.
  Opened on Tuesday 6th October 2020
  216 signatures so far

• Allow the sale of Hemp CBD flowers to those over 18
  Opened on Tuesday 6th October 2020
  269 signatures so far

• Legalise growing cannabis plants in a person’s home for personal use
  Opened on Tuesday 6th October 2020
  3,353 signatures so far

• Guarantee automatic right to stay for EU citizens
  Opened on Tuesday 6th October 2020
  742 signatures so far

• Protect vulnerable people from predatory marriage
  Opened on Friday 2nd October 2020
  62 signatures so far

• Implement all of the recommendations of the Problem Drug Use in Scotland report
  Opened on Friday 2nd October 2020
  12 signatures so far

• Harsher sentencing for assaults' on police, emergency workers & prison officers.
  Opened on Thursday 1st October 2020
  23 signatures so far

• Government to allow the assessment of asylum seekers at the border in Calais.
  Opened on Thursday 1st October 2020
  765 signatures so far

• Allow individuals to apply for clearances from UKSV.
  Opened on Thursday 1st October 2020
  21 signatures so far

• Include non-payment of Maintenance to CMS or financial support as economic abuse
  Opened on Wednesday 30th September 2020
  35 signatures so far

• Legalise medical and recreational cannabis in the UK
  Opened on Monday 28th September 2020
  629 signatures so far

• Tom’s Law - Give police the power to suspend driving licences
  Opened on Friday 25th September 2020
  7,876 signatures so far

• Grant permanent residency to survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery
  Opened on Friday 25th September 2020
  770 signatures so far

• Publish weekly data on missing children
  Opened on Thursday 24th September 2020
  165 signatures so far

• Require travellers to take a Covid-19 test when leaving the UK
  Opened on Wednesday 23rd September 2020
  18 signatures so far

• Reduce all immigration fees for Non-EEA Immigrants in UK during Covid-19
  Opened on Wednesday 23rd September 2020
  9 signatures so far

• Automatically expunge false allegations and arrest records of innocent people
  Opened on Wednesday 23rd September 2020
  34 signatures so far

• Scrap immigration NHS surcharge for non-EU migrants workers and their dependents
  Opened on Wednesday 23rd September 2020
  393 signatures so far

• Stop Increase of NHS surcharge £300 to £470 for all international students
  Opened on Wednesday 23rd September 2020
  142 signatures so far

• Legalise the use of LSD and Psilocybin for Medical and Recreational Use
  Opened on Tuesday 22nd September 2020
  433 signatures so far

• Change the law so no Police Officer is single crewed
  Opened on Monday 21st September 2020
  34 signatures so far

• Create a police enforcement unit to deal with bus, tram and station crime.
  Opened on Monday 21st September 2020
  15 signatures so far

• Create a register of people guilty of race-related offences
  Opened on Monday 21st September 2020
  26 signatures so far

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