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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• 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

• 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

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