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 29 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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• Introduce mandatory life sentences for carrying a knife or other bladed weapon
  Open from Wednesday 28th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  137 signatures

• Allow those already in the UK switching to care visa to bring dependants
  Open from Wednesday 28th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  12,023 signatures

• Require dismissal of police for any misconduct and create new complaints body
  Open from Wednesday 28th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  41 signatures

• Deport all asylum seekers found guilty of a criminal offence in the UK
  Open from Wednesday 28th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  425 signatures

• Provide funds from Proceeds of Crime Act to police charities and not-for-profits
  Open from Wednesday 28th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  5,182 signatures

• Review handling of reports of harassment against people with disabilities
  Open from Wednesday 28th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  28 signatures

• Decriminalise possession of up to 1 gram of class A, B or C drugs
  Open from Thursday 22nd February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  53 signatures

• Create a database of victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse
  Open from Thursday 22nd February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  551 signatures

• Do not introduce new offences relating to wearing face coverings at protests
  Open from Wednesday 21st February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  55 signatures

• Introduce an independent body to consider all complaints against the police
  Open from Tuesday 20th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  64 signatures

• Give Ukrainians on humanitarian visas the right to apply for ILR
  Open from Tuesday 20th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  5,087 signatures

• Fund more police resource to deal with student muggings, and stricter sentences
  Open from Friday 16th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  120 signatures

• Review the extent to which police prioritise making streets safer
  Open from Thursday 15th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  23 signatures

• Review police approach to welfare checks
  Open from Thursday 15th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  64 signatures

• Any non-UK national who commits a crime in the UK to be detained and deported
  Open from Thursday 15th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  1,845 signatures

• Grant British citizenship to all children of British citizens born abroad
  Open from Wednesday 14th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  14 signatures

• Give the Home Secretary powers to block protests from going ahead
  Open from Wednesday 14th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  203 signatures

• Ban all non-UK nationals with a criminal record from the UK
  Open from Wednesday 14th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  102 signatures

• Revoke the Investigatory Powers Act 2016
  Open from Monday 12th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  22 signatures

• Allow the public to own and carry guns for self-defence
  Open from Monday 12th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  47 signatures

• Increase patrols in channel and stop Rwanda flights and payments to France
  Open from Monday 12th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  38 signatures

• Hold a referendum on whether to cut net migration to 100,000 a year
  Open from Monday 12th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  185 signatures

• Ban the production and sale of pointed knives
  Open from Thursday 8th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  25 signatures

• Make misogyny a specific crime
  Open from Tuesday 6th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  229 signatures

• Require skylights and pastel-coloured walls in all police holding cells
  Open from Tuesday 6th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  19 signatures

• Increase sentences for child sexual abuse/grooming and expand disclosure scheme
  Open from Thursday 1st February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  71 signatures

• Reduce 20 year long residence ILR rule to 10 years
  Open from Wednesday 31st January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  24 signatures

• Allow time on a Family Visa to count to 5-year ILR route for Skilled Workers
  Open from Wednesday 31st January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  86 signatures

• Exempt spouses with Settled Status from Life in the UK Test
  Open from Wednesday 31st January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  66 signatures

• Ban knives and increase minimum sentences for certain offences
  Open from Tuesday 30th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  48 signatures

• Send all illegal immigrants and asylum seekers to Rwanda
  Open from Wednesday 24th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  278 signatures

• Introduce mandatory minimum sentences for possession of a knife
  Open from Wednesday 24th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  6,363 signatures

• Offer grants to legal migrants who want to leave the UK
  Open from Wednesday 24th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  20 signatures

• Reinstate burgundy as the colour used for British passports
  Open from Tuesday 23rd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  72 signatures

• Ban the sale and importation of Zombie-style knives in the UK
  Open from Monday 22nd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  270 signatures

• Create a specific crime of trespassing on a construction site
  Open from Monday 22nd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  36 signatures

• Commit to keeping the Graduate Visa Route
  Open from Monday 22nd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  12,071 signatures

• Legalise cannabis for medical & recreational use.
  Open from Monday 22nd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  1,598 signatures

• Hold a referendum before passing legislation enabling the use of digital ID
  Open from Tuesday 16th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  45 signatures

• Exempt couples who are already married from the new income requirements
  Open from Monday 15th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  63 signatures

• Ensure boats seized for use in illegal crossings are donated where possible
  Open from Monday 15th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  193 signatures

• Don’t increase the income requirement for family visas to £29,000 in Spring 2024
  Open from Thursday 11th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  195 signatures

• Enable disqualification checks for persons charged under Animal Welfare Act 2006
  Open from Wednesday 10th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  218 signatures

• Exempt international students from increased wage rules for Skilled Worker visas
  Open from Tuesday 9th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  2,969 signatures

• Allow international students on part-time courses to take paid employment
  Open from Thursday 4th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  21 signatures

• Allow family of BN(O) nationals to get a British passport
  Open from Thursday 4th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  39 signatures

• Make parents liable for any damages caused by minor children
  Open from Thursday 4th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  631 signatures

• Make domestic abuse training mandatory for all social workers
  Open from Wednesday 3rd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  799 signatures

• Health & Care visa workers to freely change sponsors/employers after 2 years
  Open from Tuesday 2nd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  209 signatures

• Require random drug testing for firearms holders and a ban for illegal drug use
  Open from Tuesday 2nd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  31 signatures

• Create a law to protect emergency workers from distress/harassment in dwellings
  Open from Tuesday 2nd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  259 signatures

• Exempt extensions from increase to income threshold for Skilled Workers Visa
  Open from Tuesday 2nd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  43 signatures

• Remove limit of 548 days outside of the UK for the 10 year route to settlement
  Open from Tuesday 2nd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  18 signatures

• Make being in a vehicle that fails to stop if required by the police an offence
  Open from Friday 22nd December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  25 signatures

• Remove entitlements of people who entered the UK illegally
  Open from Thursday 21st December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  1,017 signatures

• Add the names of parents to children’s passports
  Open from Wednesday 20th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  85 signatures

• Make the sale of catapults/ammunition and carrying catapults in public illegal
  Open from Wednesday 20th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  11,901 signatures

• Lower salary threshold for sponsors of spouse visas returning from abroad
  Open from Tuesday 19th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  53 signatures

• Fund free driving lessons for carers
  Open from Tuesday 19th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  26 signatures

• Record and publish migration status statistics for crime in the UK
  Open from Tuesday 19th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  906 signatures

• Allow those under 26 and recent graduates to earn less for a Skilled Worker Visa
  Open from Tuesday 19th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  98 signatures

• Exempt visa renewals from increase to income requirements for family visas
  Open from Monday 18th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  49 signatures

• Review how mental health cases that come through 999 are dealt with
  Open from Monday 18th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  57 signatures

• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years.
  Open from Monday 18th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  44,389 signatures

• Don't stop overseas care workers from bringing family dependants to the UK
  Open from Monday 18th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  722 signatures

• Require all police vehicles be fitted with black boxes to monitor driving
  Open from Monday 18th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  39 signatures

• Cancel increase to minimum income requirement for Skilled Worker and Family visa
  Open from Monday 18th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  3,185 signatures

• Make it illegal to film children in public without permission
  Open from Friday 15th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  32 signatures

• Allow asylum seekers to work in the shortage occupation jobs without any wait
  Open from Friday 15th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  27 signatures

• Don’t increase the income requirement for family visas to £38,700
  Open from Wednesday 13th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  101,321 signatures

• Make it a Criminal Offence to not call 999 or seek help when someone needs help
  Open from Wednesday 6th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  23 signatures

• No Pride in Deportation: Stop the Deportation of LGBTIQ+ People Seeking Asylum
  Open from Wednesday 6th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  1,669 signatures

• Make climbing on, damaging or defacing war memorials a specific offence
  Open from Tuesday 5th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  132 signatures

• Allow all transgender people to get married in their affirmed gender
  Open from Tuesday 5th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  77 signatures

• Remove right to bail for individuals charged with rape
  Open from Tuesday 21st November 2023 to Tuesday 21st May 2024
  603 signatures

• Make it illegal to have public protests on days of celebration and remembrance
  Open from Monday 20th November 2023 to Monday 20th May 2024
  213 signatures

• Provide Graduate Visa Extensions for Self-Employed Individuals
  Open from Monday 20th November 2023 to Monday 20th May 2024
  18 signatures

• Do not restrict charities from providing tents for homeless people
  Open from Thursday 16th November 2023 to Thursday 16th May 2024
  418 signatures

• Increase minimum and maximum penalties for taking a vehicle without consent
  Open from Thursday 16th November 2023 to Thursday 16th May 2024
  30 signatures

• Make calling for Jihad a specific terrorist offence
  Open from Wednesday 15th November 2023 to Wednesday 15th May 2024
  3,138 signatures

• Prohibit all protests and political marches on Armistice Day/Remembrance Sunday
  Open from Wednesday 15th November 2023 to Wednesday 15th May 2024
  165 signatures

• Make it an offence to release fireworks within 300 yards of livestock/horses
  Open from Wednesday 15th November 2023 to Wednesday 15th May 2024
  705 signatures

• Increase sentences for possession of sexual videos or images of minors
  Open from Wednesday 15th November 2023 to Wednesday 15th May 2024
  46 signatures

• Revoke citizenship/benefits from anyone who supports or has supported terrorism
  Open from Monday 13th November 2023 to Monday 13th May 2024
  10,096 signatures

• A law prohibiting the placement of illegal migrants within 3 miles of a school
  Open from Monday 13th November 2023 to Monday 13th May 2024
  2,772 signatures

• Require all public-facing roles to DBS check all employees
  Open from Monday 13th November 2023 to Monday 13th May 2024
  13 signatures

• Seek to join the Schengen Zone
  Open from Friday 10th November 2023 to Friday 10th May 2024
  101 signatures

• Ensure people who use surrogates are automatically put on the birth certificate
  Open from Friday 10th November 2023 to Friday 10th May 2024
  110 signatures

• Provide funding to increase the number of police motorcycle officers
  Open from Thursday 9th November 2023 to Thursday 9th May 2024
  32 signatures

• Allow Serbian citizens to visit the UK for up to 90 days without a visa
  Open from Wednesday 8th November 2023 to Wednesday 8th May 2024
  63 signatures

• Deport foreign and dual nationals found guilty of terrorism offences
  Open from Wednesday 8th November 2023 to Wednesday 8th May 2024
  338 signatures

• Ban those with any ties to terrorist organisations organising protests
  Open from Tuesday 7th November 2023 to Tuesday 7th May 2024
  1,367 signatures

• Create a public register of domestic abuse offenders
  Open from Monday 6th November 2023 to Monday 6th May 2024
  390 signatures

• Create a scheme for orphaned children from Palestine/Israel to be adopted
  Open from Monday 6th November 2023 to Monday 6th May 2024
  2,033 signatures

• Mandatory life sentence for child sexual offenders
  Open from Friday 3rd November 2023 to Friday 3rd May 2024
  41 signatures

• Ban all e-scooters in public places and ban under 18s from having e-scooters
  Open from Thursday 2nd November 2023 to Thursday 2nd May 2024
  118 signatures

• Give main carers of children sole rights to tenancy after relationship breakdown
  Open from Wednesday 1st November 2023 to Wednesday 1st May 2024
  22 signatures

• Make it legal for women to carry and use non-lethal weapons for self-defence
  Open from Thursday 26th October 2023 to Friday 26th April 2024
  65 signatures

• Fund more training for public sector workers on domestic violence
  Open from Thursday 26th October 2023 to Friday 26th April 2024
  37 signatures

• Allow Palestinian Children to Enter the UK During Ongoing Conflict
  Open from Thursday 26th October 2023 to Friday 26th April 2024
  18,722 signatures

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