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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• 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

• Seek worldwide disarmament of weapons of mass destruction within 5 years
  Open from Tuesday 24th October 2023 to Wednesday 24th April 2024
  26 signatures

• Require police to have training on domestic abuse/post-separation control
  Open from Monday 23rd October 2023 to Tuesday 23rd April 2024
  40 signatures

• Create a 'Homes for Palestine' scheme so Palestinians can seek safety in the UK
  Open from Monday 23rd October 2023 to Tuesday 23rd April 2024
  3,107 signatures

• Mandatory life sentences for involvement in trafficking women & children for sex
  Open from Friday 20th October 2023 to Saturday 20th April 2024
  246 signatures

• Revoke British citizenship of anyone joining the armed forces of another nation
  Open from Thursday 19th October 2023 to Friday 19th April 2024
  394 signatures

• Create a Palestinian Family Visa Scheme for Palestinian people affected by war
  Open from Wednesday 18th October 2023 to Thursday 18th April 2024
  103,834 signatures

• Revoke guidance to Chief Constables following Israel-Hamas conflict
  Open from Tuesday 17th October 2023 to Wednesday 17th April 2024
  415 signatures

• Require employers to have a domestic violence policy to support employees
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  33 signatures

• Create list of ID that premises are required to accept that includes PASS cards
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  21 signatures

• Create a national Gendarmerie to help maintain public order and prevent crime
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  22 signatures

• Enable international students to work more 20 hours a week during term time.
  Open from Wednesday 11th October 2023 to Thursday 11th April 2024
  29 signatures

• Stop English Proficiency Tests for Nigerians Seeking to Study/Work in the UK
  Open from Wednesday 11th October 2023 to Thursday 11th April 2024
  18 signatures

• Provide funding for free first aid training on how to deal with stab wounds
  Open from Tuesday 10th October 2023 to Wednesday 10th April 2024
  22 signatures

• Ban wearing balaclavas in public
  Open from Tuesday 10th October 2023 to Wednesday 10th April 2024
  1,886 signatures

• Change the legal drinking age to 16
  Open from Tuesday 10th October 2023 to Wednesday 10th April 2024
  30 signatures

• Review and modernise the outdated Child Support Act 1991
  Open from Monday 9th October 2023 to Tuesday 9th April 2024
  52 signatures

• Make tool and machinery theft a specific criminal offence
  Open from Monday 9th October 2023 to Tuesday 9th April 2024
  1,049 signatures

• Make abuse or violence towards retail workers a standalone criminal offence
  Open from Monday 9th October 2023 to Tuesday 9th April 2024
  47,130 signatures

• Reduce penalty for speeding in a 20mph zone to 1 point, if speed is up to 30mph
  Open from Friday 6th October 2023 to Saturday 6th April 2024
  385 signatures

• Require police to have active body cameras when they are on duty
  Open from Friday 6th October 2023 to Saturday 6th April 2024
  55 signatures

• Review how the law protects armed police officers
  Open from Thursday 5th October 2023 to Friday 5th April 2024
  62 signatures

• Fund an awareness campaign and more support for male domestic abuse victims
  Open from Wednesday 4th October 2023 to Thursday 4th April 2024
  360 signatures

• Require councils to add Domestic Abuse victims to multiple Housing Registers
  Open from Wednesday 4th October 2023 to Thursday 4th April 2024
  23 signatures

• Make relatives of those with a Private Life Visa eligible for family visas
  Open from Monday 2nd October 2023 to Tuesday 2nd April 2024
  54 signatures

• Ban the sale of cigarettes and tobacco in England.
  Open from Monday 2nd October 2023 to Tuesday 2nd April 2024
  67 signatures

• Legalise pepper spray/tasers for defence against dogs bred for fighting
  Open from Friday 29th September 2023 to Friday 29th March 2024
  68 signatures

• Fund more police and require shops to have a safe space
  Open from Friday 29th September 2023 to Friday 29th March 2024
  26 signatures

• Make the sale of hemp flowers legal
  Open from Wednesday 27th September 2023 to Wednesday 27th March 2024
  40 signatures

• Create a new medal for police injured on duty and discharged from the service.
  Open from Wednesday 27th September 2023 to Wednesday 27th March 2024
  3,621 signatures

• Create an AU Pair Specific visa in the UK
  Open from Wednesday 20th September 2023 to Wednesday 20th March 2024
  45 signatures

• Deport all foreign and dual nationals imprisoned for a year or more
  Open from Thursday 14th September 2023 to Thursday 14th March 2024
  37,022 signatures

• Provide a minimum of 10 days statutory paid leave for victims of domestic abuse
  Open from Wednesday 13th September 2023 to Wednesday 13th March 2024
  1,412 signatures

• End shelter for single male asylum seekers and restrict helping migrant boats
  Open from Wednesday 13th September 2023 to Wednesday 13th March 2024
  748 signatures

• Introduce tax relief for immigration and visa fees
  Open from Thursday 7th September 2023 to Thursday 7th March 2024
  44 signatures

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