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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• Put a permanent stop to Tier 2 visas for migrant workers
  Open from Monday 1st February 2021 to Sunday 1st August 2021
  29 signatures

• Reduce the maximum working hours so people can do a four day week
  Open from Wednesday 27th January 2021 to Tuesday 27th July 2021
  301 signatures

• Stop using army barracks/camps to house asylum seekers immediately
  Open from Wednesday 27th January 2021 to Tuesday 27th July 2021
  530 signatures

• Increase sentences for all animal cruelty offences
  Open from Tuesday 26th January 2021 to Monday 26th July 2021
  359 signatures

• Do not give consent for another Scottish Independence Referendum
  Open from Tuesday 26th January 2021 to Monday 26th July 2021
  112,232 signatures

• Make it illegal to protest close to hospitals
  Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
  67 signatures

• Extend Visa extensions for health workers during coronavirus (COVID-19)
  Open from Friday 15th January 2021 to Thursday 15th July 2021
  9 signatures

• Make Smoking Illegal In All Public Places
  Open from Friday 15th January 2021 to Thursday 15th July 2021
  85 signatures

• Grant an urgent Amnesty to Undocumented Migrants living in the UK
  Open from Thursday 14th January 2021 to Wednesday 14th July 2021
  103,441 signatures

• Extend EU Settlement Scheme for those affected by Covid-19
  Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
  394 signatures

• Introduce minimum 10-year sentences for one punch assaults
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  97 signatures

• Make it an offence for retailers to ask customers to remove their face covering
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  11 signatures

• Criminal records for all those caught breaking tier rules
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  14 signatures

• Legalise All Drugs
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  72 signatures

• Grant Skilled Worker visas to all non-UK healthcare staff
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  133 signatures

• Provide clarification on the new Graduate Route Visa
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  212 signatures

• Ban the sale of 2nd hand catalytic convertors
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  189 signatures

• No more charter flight deportations to Jamaica and other Commonwealth countries
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  35 signatures

• Ease restrictions on production, processing and sale of hemp
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  45 signatures

• Make parental alienation a criminal offence
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  1,024 signatures

• Legalise the Sale of oral snuff/Snus
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  169 signatures

• Offer Indefinite Leave to Remain to all NHS and social care workers
  Open from Monday 4th January 2021 to Sunday 4th July 2021
  15,943 signatures

• Extend visas for, and offer free vaccination to, touring international artists
  Open from Monday 4th January 2021 to Sunday 4th July 2021
  25 signatures

• Reform the law so that drug addicts are not criminalised
  Open from Monday 4th January 2021 to Sunday 4th July 2021
  33 signatures

• Don't criminalise paying for sex.
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  8,562 signatures

• Lower the cost of British Citizenship applications to £372.
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  21,455 signatures

• Make free fast-track citizenship available to non-UK keyworkers
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  83 signatures

• Increase the age for a UK dependent visa to 21
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  10 signatures

• Waive citizenship application fees for NHS workers and their families
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  268 signatures

• Extend rights to Indefinite Leave to Remain for non-UK NHS workers
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  721 signatures

• Offer citizenship to key workers that already have a settled status
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  373 signatures

• Make it unlawful to require titular gender/marital status (Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms)
  Open from Wednesday 16th December 2020 to Wednesday 16th June 2021
  58 signatures

• Automatic British Citizenship for UK Military Service by non British Nationals
  Open from Wednesday 16th December 2020 to Wednesday 16th June 2021
  644 signatures

• Reinstate the right to appeal rejected visit visas
  Open from Monday 14th December 2020 to Monday 14th June 2021
  18 signatures

• Include Latinx/Hispanic as an ethnic group in the 2021 census
  Open from Monday 14th December 2020 to Monday 14th June 2021
  7,658 signatures

• Grant Indefinite Leave to Remain to British citizens’ long-term partners/spouses
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  48 signatures

• Revoke rules for refusing or cancelling permission to stay for rough sleepers
  Open from Wednesday 2nd December 2020 to Wednesday 2nd June 2021
  41,182 signatures

• Public inquiry on the use of camera surveillance infrastructure in public places
  Open from Wednesday 2nd December 2020 to Wednesday 2nd June 2021
  247 signatures

• Accept HND or Jury Service as proof of English for British Citizenship.
  Open from Wednesday 2nd December 2020 to Wednesday 2nd June 2021
  112 signatures

• End visa requirements for Angolans who want to visit England.
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  119 signatures

• Amnesty to people in UK over 15 years. Especially with underlining illnesses.
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  38 signatures

• Make it a criminal offence for MPs to mislead the public
  Open from Monday 30th November 2020 to Sunday 30th May 2021
  110,966 signatures

• Fund free panic alarms for children aged 11-15 years old
  Open from Monday 30th November 2020 to Sunday 30th May 2021
  52 signatures

• Extend Home Office ‘Good Character’ guidance for nationality applications
  Open from Friday 27th November 2020 to Thursday 27th May 2021
  39 signatures

• Exclude overtime and bonuses from income to calculate child maintenance payment
  Open from Thursday 26th November 2020 to Wednesday 26th May 2021
  2,178 signatures

• Do not require encryption services to establish backdoors to enable data access
  Open from Wednesday 25th November 2020 to Tuesday 25th May 2021
  1,019 signatures

• Extend Youth Mobility Scheme visas to cover for time lost during COVID pandemic
  Open from Tuesday 24th November 2020 to Monday 24th May 2021
  3,913 signatures

• Bring forward provisions for Business Licences for Security Providers
  Open from Thursday 19th November 2020 to Wednesday 19th May 2021
  34 signatures

• Reform legislation on sex work to improve safety
  Open from Friday 13th November 2020 to Thursday 13th May 2021
  41 signatures

• Introduce measures to encourage smaller families
  Open from Thursday 12th November 2020 to Wednesday 12th May 2021
  21 signatures

• Restrict police powers under the Dangerous Dogs Act
  Open from Tuesday 10th November 2020 to Monday 10th May 2021
  6,183 signatures

• Extend rights for family of British citizens in line with those for EU residents
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  30 signatures

• Impose mandatory 10-year custodial sentences for all child sexual abuse offences
  Open from Thursday 5th November 2020 to Wednesday 5th May 2021
  7,162 signatures

• Create safe routes to the UK for asylum seekers
  Open from Thursday 5th November 2020 to Wednesday 5th May 2021
  135 signatures

• Increase the age at which a couple can legally get married to 21
  Open from Wednesday 4th November 2020 to Tuesday 4th May 2021
  71 signatures

• Abolish the Immigration Health Surcharge
  Open from Wednesday 4th November 2020 to Tuesday 4th May 2021
  239 signatures

• Exempt people with a Citizenship GCSE from the Life in the UK test
  Open from Friday 30th October 2020 to Friday 30th April 2021
  35 signatures

• Limit compulsory DNA sample taking and offer an incentive to test voluntarily
  Open from Thursday 29th October 2020 to Thursday 29th April 2021
  9 signatures

• Make it an offence with mandatory custodial sentence not to stop car for police
  Open from Wednesday 28th October 2020 to Wednesday 28th April 2021
  12 signatures

• Extend resident labour market test and increase salary thresholds for work visas
  Open from Tuesday 27th October 2020 to Tuesday 27th April 2021
  13 signatures

• Review handling of rape cases and seek to increase prosecutions
  Open from Tuesday 27th October 2020 to Tuesday 27th April 2021
  2,539 signatures

• Immediately Restart Refugee Resettlement Programmes
  Open from Monday 26th October 2020 to Monday 26th April 2021
  122 signatures

• Don't include benefit entitlement for people with pre-settled and settled status
  Open from Tuesday 20th October 2020 to Tuesday 20th April 2021
  1,097 signatures

• Two year minimum sentencing for 1st time offenders caught with a knife 16 yrs +
  Open from Tuesday 20th October 2020 to Tuesday 20th April 2021
  1,139 signatures

• Increase fees for European residence documents to match those for ILR
  Open from Tuesday 20th October 2020 to Tuesday 20th April 2021
  10 signatures

• Increase in Asylum Cash Support for Children with Autism during COVID-19
  Open from Tuesday 20th October 2020 to Tuesday 20th April 2021
  14 signatures

• Ban the online sale of blades likely to be used as offensive weapons
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  728 signatures

• Do not create offshore asylum centres
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  245 signatures

• Make Indefinite Leave to Remain available to anyone resident in UK for 10 years
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  5,172 signatures

• Suspend the requirement to attend citizenship ceremonies by Home Office.
  Open from Friday 16th October 2020 to Friday 16th April 2021
  144 signatures

• Place supermarket alcohol Sales under the same restrictions as public houses.
  Open from Friday 16th October 2020 to Friday 16th April 2021
  1,074 signatures

• Relax rules on gaps in continuous residence during Covid-19
  Open from Thursday 15th October 2020 to Thursday 15th April 2021
  70 signatures

• Make false reports of Covid-19 breaches a specific criminal offence
  Open from Tuesday 13th October 2020 to Tuesday 13th April 2021
  56 signatures

• Do not pass the Covert Human Intelligence Sources Criminal Conduct Bill
  Open from Tuesday 13th October 2020 to Tuesday 13th April 2021
  11,756 signatures

• Make causing nuisance noise a criminal offence
  Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
  43 signatures

• Ban wearing full-face coverings in public places.
  Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
  60 signatures

• Abolish charges for women changing their maiden to married name on passports
  Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
  40 signatures

• Legalise civilians carrying a firearm for self-defence and sport
  Open from Friday 9th October 2020 to Friday 9th April 2021
  191 signatures

• Give 16-18 year olds an ID card showing date of birth.
  Open from Thursday 8th October 2020 to Thursday 8th April 2021
  16 signatures

• Give police the power to confiscate a passport after a fatal motor collision
  Open from Thursday 8th October 2020 to Thursday 8th April 2021
  278 signatures

• Close all pubs at 9pm
  Open from Thursday 8th October 2020 to Thursday 8th April 2021
  12 signatures

• Ban and block applications that risk national and data security
  Open from Wednesday 7th October 2020 to Wednesday 7th April 2021
  41 signatures

• Review and reform Public Space Protection Orders
  Open from Wednesday 7th October 2020 to Wednesday 7th April 2021
  2,396 signatures

• Provide at least £3,000 instead of £300 for granted refugees.
  Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
  221 signatures

• Allow the sale of Hemp CBD flowers to those over 18
  Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
  919 signatures

• Legalise growing cannabis plants in a person’s home for personal use
  Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
  8,114 signatures

• Guarantee automatic right to stay for EU citizens
  Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
  754 signatures

• Protect vulnerable people from predatory marriage
  Open from Friday 2nd October 2020 to Friday 2nd April 2021
  151 signatures

• Implement all of the recommendations of the Problem Drug Use in Scotland report
  Open from Friday 2nd October 2020 to Friday 2nd April 2021
  14 signatures

• Harsher sentencing for assaults' on police, emergency workers & prison officers.
  Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
  33 signatures

• Government to allow the assessment of asylum seekers at the border in Calais.
  Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
  779 signatures

• Allow individuals to apply for clearances from UKSV.
  Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
  22 signatures

• Include non-payment of Maintenance to CMS or financial support as economic abuse
  Open from Wednesday 30th September 2020 to Tuesday 30th March 2021
  54 signatures

• Legalise medical and recreational cannabis in the UK
  Open from Monday 28th September 2020 to Sunday 28th March 2021
  2,189 signatures

• Tom’s Law - Give police the power to suspend driving licences
  Open from Friday 25th September 2020 to Thursday 25th March 2021
  104,868 signatures

• Grant permanent residency to survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery
  Open from Friday 25th September 2020 to Thursday 25th March 2021
  805 signatures

• Publish weekly data on missing children
  Open from Thursday 24th September 2020 to Wednesday 24th March 2021
  171 signatures

• Require travellers to take a Covid-19 test when leaving the UK
  Open from Wednesday 23rd September 2020 to Tuesday 23rd March 2021
  19 signatures

• Reduce all immigration fees for Non-EEA Immigrants in UK during Covid-19
  Open from Wednesday 23rd September 2020 to Tuesday 23rd March 2021
  19 signatures

• Automatically expunge false allegations and arrest records of innocent people
  Open from Wednesday 23rd September 2020 to Tuesday 23rd March 2021
  47 signatures

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