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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• Reduce Discrimination: option to omit birthplace in passports & driving licenses
  Opened on Friday 28th February 2025
  7 signatures so far

• Make it illegal for parents to smack children
  Opened on Friday 28th February 2025
  8 signatures so far

• Refuse ability to claim asylum for convicted criminals
  Opened on Thursday 27th February 2025
  41 signatures so far

• Grant British citizenship to Kurdish people and acknowledge history
  Opened on Thursday 27th February 2025
  10 signatures so far

• Mandatory extension of Visas for international student to accommodate resits
  Opened on Thursday 27th February 2025
  14 signatures so far

• Minimum sentence of 30 years in prison for minors who commit premeditated murder
  Opened on Thursday 27th February 2025
  21 signatures so far

• Protect Railway Workers Against Violent Crime
  Opened on Wednesday 26th February 2025
  290 signatures so far

• Make sponsorship cheaper and more flexible for small care businesses
  Opened on Wednesday 26th February 2025
  10 signatures so far

• Review how Home Office deals with applications for ILR due to domestic violence
  Opened on Wednesday 26th February 2025
  134 signatures so far

• Change the law so that people can create private police forces
  Opened on Wednesday 26th February 2025
  14 signatures so far

• Enforce trade and weapon laws: stop online traders selling knives to children
  Opened on Tuesday 25th February 2025
  47 signatures so far

• Review how the law & police treat life changing assaults without physical injury
  Opened on Tuesday 25th February 2025
  19 signatures so far

• Outlaw marriages of couples with over 10 years age gap, where one is under 25
  Opened on Tuesday 25th February 2025
  33 signatures so far

• Introduce harsher sentencing for theft and fund increased police presence
  Opened on Monday 24th February 2025
  33 signatures so far

• Ban people from flying drones over police stations and private properties
  Opened on Monday 24th February 2025
  27 signatures so far

• Any crime involving a knife to get a minimum 10 year custodial sentence
  Opened on Monday 24th February 2025
  46 signatures so far

• Referendum on illegal migration.
  Opened on Friday 21st February 2025
  1,335 signatures so far

• Introduce stricter penalties and enforcement for shoplifting.
  Opened on Thursday 20th February 2025
  46 signatures so far

• Ban demonstrations/protests on remembrance day 11/11.
  Opened on Wednesday 19th February 2025
  74 signatures so far

• Grant automatic visa extension and ILR for Ukrainians after 5 years
  Opened on Monday 17th February 2025
  10,314 signatures so far

• Public review of police practices to consider biases
  Opened on Friday 14th February 2025
  70 signatures so far

• Allow Graduate Visa to be extended
  Opened on Friday 14th February 2025
  16 signatures so far

• Mandatory life sentence for involvement in trafficking women & children for sex
  Opened on Friday 14th February 2025
  71 signatures so far

• Require all elected public officials have a clean enhanced DBS prior to start
  Opened on Thursday 13th February 2025
  74 signatures so far

• Create an EU Hospitality Internship Programme in the UK
  Opened on Thursday 13th February 2025
  54 signatures so far

• Detain all migrants that enter the UK illegally
  Opened on Thursday 13th February 2025
  423 signatures so far

• Reintroduce the death penalty for people found guilty of terrorism
  Opened on Wednesday 12th February 2025
  80 signatures so far

• British citizenship by birth in the United Kingdom for all
  Opened on Wednesday 12th February 2025
  21 signatures so far

• Increase the 5 year term required to obtain Indefinite Right to Remain in the UK
  Opened on Wednesday 12th February 2025
  64 signatures so far

• Government to set up and fund an Emergency Services Covenant Trust
  Opened on Friday 7th February 2025
  268 signatures so far

• Create mobile phone picture alert scheme for missing children
  Opened on Friday 7th February 2025
  22 signatures so far

• Re-establish Civil Defence Corps to enhance disaster response and emergencies.
  Opened on Friday 7th February 2025
  160 signatures so far

• Ban police from using lethal methods when dogs are out of control
  Opened on Thursday 6th February 2025
  137 signatures so far

• Publish a detailed plan to tackle illegal migration and stop boat crossings
  Opened on Wednesday 5th February 2025
  228 signatures so far

• Allow children whose parents are legally in UK to work as sports professionals
  Opened on Wednesday 5th February 2025
  344 signatures so far

• Require a licence for prostitution
  Opened on Monday 3rd February 2025
  39 signatures so far

• Collect and Publish statistics on crimes committed by illegal immigrants
  Opened on Monday 3rd February 2025
  347 signatures so far

• Review how the justice system handles financial abuse
  Opened on Friday 31st January 2025
  60 signatures so far

• Protect our freedoms: Ban facial recognition of public
  Opened on Friday 31st January 2025
  82 signatures so far

• Abolish the requirement for two referees in the British citizenship application
  Opened on Thursday 30th January 2025
  27 signatures so far

• Legalise recreational cannabis & release those convicted of cannabis offences.
  Opened on Wednesday 29th January 2025
  195 signatures so far

• Require enhanced DBS checks for ALL employees in contact with vulnerable people
  Opened on Wednesday 29th January 2025
  308 signatures so far

• Allow the Police to use the public genealogy databases to investigate cold cases
  Opened on Tuesday 28th January 2025
  162 signatures so far

• Launch an inquiry into structural racism experienced by Travellers
  Opened on Monday 27th January 2025
  28 signatures so far

• Require anti-spiking measurers, increase spiking support and awareness
  Opened on Friday 24th January 2025
  324 signatures so far

• Protect Free Speech in Public: Amend the Public Order Act 1986
  Opened on Friday 24th January 2025
  83 signatures so far

• Reduce the ILR qualifying period from 5 years to 3 years for legal immigrants
  Opened on Thursday 23rd January 2025
  22,513 signatures so far

• Hold a referendum on Reintroducing the Rwanda scheme.
  Opened on Thursday 23rd January 2025
  71 signatures so far

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

• Repeal the 2000 and 2006 Terrorism Acts and review other legislation
  Opened on Tuesday 21st January 2025
  1,087 signatures so far

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

• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers
  Opened on Monday 20th January 2025
  4,843 signatures so far

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

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

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

• Create path to Settlement for Ukrainians in the UK
  Opened on Wednesday 15th January 2025
  34,741 signatures so far

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

• Lower financial requirement for Spouse Visa from £29,000 back to £18,600
  Opened on Monday 13th January 2025
  2,135 signatures so far

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

• Deport all immigrants that arrive illegally from safe countries
  Opened on Tuesday 7th January 2025
  2,511 signatures so far

• Ban the wearing of face-coverings during marches and protests
  Opened on Friday 3rd January 2025
  1,163 signatures so far

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

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

• Abolish Non-Crime Hate Incidents
  Opened on Tuesday 24th December 2024
  31,814 signatures so far

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

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

• Enact measures to combat knife crime
  Opened on Friday 20th December 2024
  2,263 signatures so far

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

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

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

• Allow Visa applicants to pay health surcharge in instalments
  Opened on Thursday 19th December 2024
  1,993 signatures so far

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Change requirements for ILR for those who have graduated and worked for 3 years
  Opened on Friday 6th December 2024
  13,099 signatures so far

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

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

• Shorten residency period for undocumented migrants to apply to regularise status
  Opened on Monday 2nd December 2024
  1,782 signatures so far

• Fund more training for police in dog control matters.
  Opened on Monday 2nd December 2024
  1,257 signatures so far

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

• Conduct a review of immigration laws and their impact on BNO holders.
  Opened on Friday 29th November 2024
  36 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
  1,181 signatures so far

• Allow carers already in UK on sponsored visa to work for any CQC care provider
  Opened on Thursday 28th November 2024
  11,349 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
  2,499 signatures so far

• Make the sale of catapults/ammunition and carrying catapults in public illegal.
  Opened on Wednesday 27th November 2024
  7,332 signatures so far

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

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

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

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

• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!
  Opened on Tuesday 26th November 2024
  218,881 signatures so far

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

• Allow BN(O)s ETA-free entry
  Opened on Friday 22nd November 2024
  12,126 signatures so far

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

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