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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• Scrap immigration NHS surcharge for non-EU migrants workers and their dependents
  Open from Wednesday 23rd September 2020 to Tuesday 23rd March 2021
  518 signatures

• Stop Increase of NHS surcharge £300 to £470 for all international students
  Open from Wednesday 23rd September 2020 to Tuesday 23rd March 2021
  148 signatures

• Legalise the use of LSD and Psilocybin for Medical and Recreational Use
  Open from Tuesday 22nd September 2020 to Monday 22nd March 2021
  598 signatures

• Change the law so no Police Officer is single crewed
  Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
  39 signatures

• Create a police enforcement unit to deal with bus, tram and station crime.
  Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
  17 signatures

• Create a register of people guilty of race-related offences
  Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
  35 signatures

• Refund all or part of citizenship fees when an application is rejected
  Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
  28 signatures

• Make it easier to register the birth and death of a baby
  Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
  200 signatures

• Extend eligibility of auto-Bereavement Scheme to all families to acquire ILR.
  Open from Friday 18th September 2020 to Thursday 18th March 2021
  92 signatures

• Give local people the power to call a referendum on their Chief Constables
  Open from Thursday 17th September 2020 to Wednesday 17th March 2021
  28 signatures

• International Students should be granted 4 year Post Study work visa.
  Open from Wednesday 16th September 2020 to Tuesday 16th March 2021
  42 signatures

• Make it easier for children of migrants to access higher education funding
  Open from Tuesday 15th September 2020 to Monday 15th March 2021
  24 signatures

• Reschedule Cannabis as a Class C Drug
  Open from Tuesday 15th September 2020 to Monday 15th March 2021
  298 signatures

• Harsher penalties for hate crimes & participating in far-right hate groups
  Open from Friday 11th September 2020 to Thursday 11th March 2021
  63 signatures

• Allow citizens of Colombia to travel to the UK visa free for tourism
  Open from Friday 11th September 2020 to Thursday 11th March 2021
  1,071 signatures

• Introduce a 6 month deadline to settle Windrush Compensation Scheme claims
  Open from Thursday 10th September 2020 to Wednesday 10th March 2021
  47 signatures

• Reintroduce the Best Use of Stop and Search Scheme (BUSSS) for all Police Forces
  Open from Wednesday 9th September 2020 to Tuesday 9th March 2021
  23 signatures

• Restart the HMPO Fast Track process or expand the criteria for urgent cases
  Open from Wednesday 9th September 2020 to Tuesday 9th March 2021
  20 signatures

• Make stirring up hatred based on disability a criminal offence
  Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
  582 signatures

• Require A-level qualifications for all new police recruits
  Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
  175 signatures

• Make recreational alcohol use illegal
  Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
  32 signatures

• Change the law so unmarried, deceased father's name can go on birth certificate
  Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
  1,721 signatures

• Grant English and Welsh Pagans the same marriage rights as Scottish Pagans
  Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
  1,391 signatures

• Refund Immigration Health Surcharge for NHS and Social Care Workers in the UK
  Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
  450 signatures

• Create a national domestic abuse offender register
  Open from Wednesday 2nd September 2020 to Tuesday 2nd March 2021
  64 signatures

• Ban police use of choke holds
  Open from Tuesday 1st September 2020 to Monday 1st March 2021
  181 signatures

• All Police Officers to sit Equality and Diversity Exams
  Open from Tuesday 1st September 2020 to Monday 1st March 2021
  19 signatures

• Extend the law on coercive control to cover post-separation abuse
  Open from Friday 28th August 2020 to Sunday 28th February 2021
  1,322 signatures

• That all ice cream van staff are required to have a current DBS check
  Open from Thursday 27th August 2020 to Saturday 27th February 2021
  14 signatures

• Expunge minor criminal records of all BAME individuals
  Open from Thursday 27th August 2020 to Saturday 27th February 2021
  24 signatures

• Reinstate the pre-2012 Overseas Domestic Worker visa with a route to settlement
  Open from Thursday 27th August 2020 to Saturday 27th February 2021
  12,726 signatures

• Amend Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011
  Open from Thursday 27th August 2020 to Saturday 27th February 2021
  55 signatures

• Review and reform stop and search policy
  Open from Thursday 27th August 2020 to Saturday 27th February 2021
  107 signatures

• Automatic British Citizenship for descendants of British grandparents
  Open from Wednesday 26th August 2020 to Friday 26th February 2021
  76 signatures

• Change the policy for people with dual citizenship changing their passport name
  Open from Wednesday 26th August 2020 to Friday 26th February 2021
  10 signatures

• Re-instate Priority & Super Priority services for all visas and ILR applications
  Open from Tuesday 25th August 2020 to Thursday 25th February 2021
  375 signatures

• Require social media platforms to report hate/ racist comments to the police.
  Open from Friday 21st August 2020 to Sunday 21st February 2021
  72 signatures

• Act to prevent online racial abuse
  Open from Thursday 20th August 2020 to Saturday 20th February 2021
  1,207 signatures

• Exempt Looked After children from citizenship fees
  Open from Wednesday 19th August 2020 to Friday 19th February 2021
  670 signatures

• Introduce stricter restrictions on the sale and ownership of crossbows
  Open from Wednesday 19th August 2020 to Friday 19th February 2021
  110 signatures

• Take action to address the problem of illegal attempts to reach the UK
  Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
  4,017 signatures

• Deport non-UK nationals convicted of violent crime or rioting
  Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
  68 signatures

• Allow police forces to release body cam footage to Mass Media and Social Media.
  Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
  4,618 signatures

• Require all police forces to conduct Unconscious Bias psychometric testing
  Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
  64 signatures

• Authorise the use of water cannon by the police and fund their acquisition
  Open from Monday 17th August 2020 to Wednesday 17th February 2021
  108 signatures

• Extend sexual offences relating to under 13s to apply to all children under 16
  Open from Monday 17th August 2020 to Wednesday 17th February 2021
  827 signatures

• Legislate for the deportation of non-UK citizens convicted of domestic abuse
  Open from Friday 14th August 2020 to Sunday 14th February 2021
  60 signatures

• Impose restrictions on which police can use tasers and in what circumstances
  Open from Friday 14th August 2020 to Sunday 14th February 2021
  28 signatures

• Increase funding for charities established to prevent Female Genital Mutilation
  Open from Thursday 13th August 2020 to Saturday 13th February 2021
  23 signatures

• Allow Tier 2 dependent visa Doctors switch to Tier 2 visa in the UK for training
  Open from Thursday 13th August 2020 to Saturday 13th February 2021
  10 signatures

• Make "doxing" a specific criminal offence with a min. 10-year custodial sentence
  Open from Wednesday 12th August 2020 to Friday 12th February 2021
  34 signatures

• Stolen Valour - Make wearing medals you are not entitled a criminal offence
  Open from Wednesday 12th August 2020 to Friday 12th February 2021
  29 signatures

• Ban tear gas and rubber bullets in the UK
  Open from Tuesday 11th August 2020 to Thursday 11th February 2021
  42 signatures

• Give civilians the right to carry non-lethal self-defence weapons.
  Open from Tuesday 11th August 2020 to Thursday 11th February 2021
  262 signatures

• Increase the age of dependant children on parents Ancestry Visa from 18 to 21.
  Open from Tuesday 11th August 2020 to Thursday 11th February 2021
  53 signatures

• Require the police to respond fully to all complaints within 28 days
  Open from Tuesday 11th August 2020 to Thursday 11th February 2021
  1,105 signatures

• Replace the Independent Office for Police Conduct with a new independent body
  Open from Monday 10th August 2020 to Wednesday 10th February 2021
  29 signatures

• Include Windrush generations in British Nationality Act Remedial Order
  Open from Monday 10th August 2020 to Wednesday 10th February 2021
  10,059 signatures

• All police officers to undergo mandatory de-escalation training every year
  Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
  65 signatures

• Introduce laws like the German Strafgesetzbuch section 86a to ban Nazi symbols
  Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
  3,432 signatures

• Make failing to stop or report misconduct by other police officers an offence
  Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
  46 signatures

• Fixed time limit for processing all EU Settlement Scheme applications
  Open from Wednesday 5th August 2020 to Friday 5th February 2021
  128 signatures

• We the British People Request a Public Inquiry into Grooming Gangs
  Open from Wednesday 5th August 2020 to Friday 5th February 2021
  31,212 signatures

• Abolish police use of Tasers
  Open from Wednesday 5th August 2020 to Friday 5th February 2021
  105 signatures

• Visitors to the UK must provide proof of valid/medical insurance
  Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
  1,502 signatures

• Tougher sentences for any assault or attack on police
  Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
  986 signatures

• Add SIA licenced security staff to the Assaults on Emergency Workers’ Act 2018
  Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
  4,046 signatures

• Allow all NHS workers to get ILR after five years regardless of initial visa
  Open from Monday 3rd August 2020 to Wednesday 3rd February 2021
  25 signatures

• Allow single/widowed parents of British Citizens to live in the UK as dependants
  Open from Monday 3rd August 2020 to Wednesday 3rd February 2021
  895 signatures

• Allow International Students to work on a self-employed basis
  Open from Monday 3rd August 2020 to Wednesday 3rd February 2021
  210 signatures

• Amend the Immigration Bill to ensure non-UK care workers can be recruited
  Open from Monday 3rd August 2020 to Wednesday 3rd February 2021
  119 signatures

• Require police to capture Body Worn Video in all interactions with the public
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  176 signatures

• Offer Citizenship to the people of Hong Kong.
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  96 signatures

• Make playing football or other games to the annoyance of a resident an offence
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  26 signatures

• Allow all grandparents and elderly parents of UK nationals to immigrate to UK
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  310 signatures

• Reduce the minimum time required for ILR to 3 years for non-UK NHS workers
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  11,567 signatures

• Grant full UK citizenship rights to Commonwealth Armed Forces Veterans
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  6,193 signatures

• Reduce extortionate and unnecessary UK Visa and Health Surcharge fees.
  Open from Wednesday 29th July 2020 to Friday 29th January 2021
  23 signatures

• Bring down the spouse Visa fee of a British citizen
  Open from Wednesday 29th July 2020 to Friday 29th January 2021
  27 signatures

• Further Extensions Of Visas For Temporary Residents and Visitors
  Open from Wednesday 29th July 2020 to Friday 29th January 2021
  106 signatures

• Restrict circumstances when police can conduct strip searches
  Open from Tuesday 28th July 2020 to Thursday 28th January 2021
  24 signatures

• Make bullying a criminal offence
  Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
  193 signatures

• Require police to tell family and cohabitants of child sex abuse offences
  Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
  380 signatures

• Rescind Police CV19 Special Powers by 01/01/2021
  Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
  29 signatures

• Increase sentences for human and child trafficking
  Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
  58 signatures

• Make it illegal for private cctv cameras to encroach on private property/gardens
  Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
  20 signatures

• Extend family visitor visa for immediate elderly and vulnerable family members.
  Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
  304 signatures

• Revoke the right of registered sex offenders to change their name by deed poll
  Open from Wednesday 22nd July 2020 to Friday 22nd January 2021
  37,420 signatures

• Waive immigration fees for commonwealth born veterans
  Open from Wednesday 22nd July 2020 to Friday 22nd January 2021
  46 signatures

• Stop the initiative to give UK citizenship to Chinese Hong Kong citizens.
  Open from Monday 20th July 2020 to Wednesday 20th January 2021
  81 signatures

• Extension for Commonwealth Citizens on Tier 5 Youth Mobility Visas
  Open from Monday 20th July 2020 to Wednesday 20th January 2021
  11,214 signatures

• Windrush Scandal – Increase levels & speed of compensation
  Open from Friday 17th July 2020 to Sunday 17th January 2021
  3,599 signatures

• Clarity on government scrapping immigration health surcharge for NHS workers.
  Open from Friday 17th July 2020 to Sunday 17th January 2021
  21 signatures

• Create an Official Racial Offenders Register/Scheme
  Open from Thursday 16th July 2020 to Saturday 16th January 2021
  10,979 signatures

• Review the use of force against BAME people by the police
  Open from Thursday 16th July 2020 to Saturday 16th January 2021
  6,528 signatures

• Fully implement the scraping of Immigration Health Surcharge for NHS staff
  Open from Thursday 16th July 2020 to Saturday 16th January 2021
  20 signatures

• Create a new law so bystanders have a duty to assist
  Open from Thursday 16th July 2020 to Saturday 16th January 2021
  22 signatures

• Record Race and Ethnicity on Death Certificates
  Open from Monday 13th July 2020 to Wednesday 13th January 2021
  19 signatures

• Allow parents of NHS workers to come to the UK as their dependents.
  Open from Monday 13th July 2020 to Wednesday 13th January 2021
  2,955 signatures

• Build English Channel Defence System (floating barrier) to stop beach landings
  Open from Friday 10th July 2020 to Sunday 10th January 2021
  397 signatures

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