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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• 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

• Change the Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Limit from 0.08 to 0.02
  Open from Thursday 7th September 2023 to Thursday 7th March 2024
  24 signatures

• Provide Ukrainian refugees with settled status to enable a stable life in the UK
  Open from Tuesday 5th September 2023 to Tuesday 5th March 2024
  36,721 signatures

• Provide funding for additional policing of road traffic offences
  Open from Wednesday 30th August 2023 to Thursday 29th February 2024
  27 signatures

• Grant home fee status and eligibility for student loans to BNO visa holders
  Open from Wednesday 30th August 2023 to Thursday 29th February 2024
  701 signatures

• Prohibit the filming of people in the workplace without consent
  Open from Tuesday 29th August 2023 to Thursday 29th February 2024
  44 signatures

• Create dedicated section for UK passport holders at arrival in UK airports
  Open from Friday 25th August 2023 to Sunday 25th February 2024
  26 signatures

• Review timescales for disclosing custodial sentences through DBS
  Open from Friday 25th August 2023 to Sunday 25th February 2024
  18 signatures

• Make customer service agents in energy eligible for Skilled Worker visas
  Open from Friday 25th August 2023 to Sunday 25th February 2024
  40 signatures

• Remove appeal and judicial review rights for all immigration and asylum cases
  Open from Wednesday 23rd August 2023 to Friday 23rd February 2024
  257 signatures

• Seek to use uninhabited British Island to process asylum seekers
  Open from Monday 14th August 2023 to Wednesday 14th February 2024
  75 signatures

• Automatically make the homeless with diabetes a priority for housing
  Open from Friday 11th August 2023 to Sunday 11th February 2024
  58 signatures

• House all asylum seekers who entered the UK illegally in basic accommodation
  Open from Friday 11th August 2023 to Sunday 11th February 2024
  67 signatures

• Increase the additional hours that migrants on Skilled Worker Visas can work
  Open from Thursday 10th August 2023 to Saturday 10th February 2024
  24 signatures

• Continue ILR clock when switching between qualifying visas
  Open from Wednesday 9th August 2023 to Friday 9th February 2024
  522 signatures

• Abandon plans to transfer asylum seekers to Rwanda.
  Open from Monday 7th August 2023 to Wednesday 7th February 2024
  3,698 signatures

• Make it illegal to be naked in a public place
  Open from Friday 4th August 2023 to Sunday 4th February 2024
  461 signatures

• Extend date for existing students to switch to Skilled Worker visa
  Open from Thursday 20th July 2023 to Saturday 20th January 2024
  15,579 signatures

• Ban sale of all sharply pointed kitchen knives
  Open from Wednesday 19th July 2023 to Friday 19th January 2024
  49 signatures

• Allow Skilled Worker Visa holders to get an 'Open Work Visa' after two years
  Open from Wednesday 19th July 2023 to Friday 19th January 2024
  2,109 signatures

• Don't increase immigration fees for NHS workers
  Open from Wednesday 19th July 2023 to Friday 19th January 2024
  125 signatures

• Investigate the legality of pushing back boats seeking to enter the UK illegally
  Open from Monday 17th July 2023 to Wednesday 17th January 2024
  827 signatures

• Allow BN(O) holders to use e-gates at passport control
  Open from Friday 14th July 2023 to Sunday 14th January 2024
  11,434 signatures

• Urgent amnesty for undocumented migrants living in the UK for 5+ years
  Open from Wednesday 12th July 2023 to Friday 12th January 2024
  124 signatures

• Add a Bank Holiday commemorating the Windrush Generation
  Open from Wednesday 12th July 2023 to Friday 12th January 2024
  29 signatures

• Amend Sec 10A of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 to include Christian marriages
  Open from Tuesday 11th July 2023 to Thursday 11th January 2024
  18 signatures

• Full legalisation and taxation of cannabis for medical and recreation use
  Open from Tuesday 11th July 2023 to Thursday 11th January 2024
  600 signatures

• Allow trans and nonbinary people to legally change their date of birth
  Open from Friday 7th July 2023 to Sunday 7th January 2024
  28 signatures

• Allow siblings of EU citizens resident in the UK to access the Settlement Scheme
  Open from Thursday 6th July 2023 to Saturday 6th January 2024
  33 signatures

• Make it illegal to knock on doors to preach and attempt to convert to a religion
  Open from Wednesday 5th July 2023 to Friday 5th January 2024
  82 signatures

• Hold a referendum on whether to make photo identity cards compulsory in the UK
  Open from Wednesday 5th July 2023 to Friday 5th January 2024
  276 signatures

• Send all asylum seekers to a third country or their home country
  Open from Wednesday 5th July 2023 to Friday 5th January 2024
  1,991 signatures

• Recognise the status of 'Climate Refugee' in the UK
  Open from Wednesday 5th July 2023 to Friday 5th January 2024
  778 signatures

• Create safe routes for Iranians to apply for asylum in the UK
  Open from Tuesday 4th July 2023 to Thursday 4th January 2024
  154 signatures

• Create new rights to use guns for defence on private property
  Open from Monday 3rd July 2023 to Wednesday 3rd January 2024
  61 signatures

• Allow on-site drug testing at festivals without a licence or permanent structure
  Open from Monday 3rd July 2023 to Wednesday 3rd January 2024
  30 signatures

• Enable people to find out if housemates have a record of violence
  Open from Friday 30th June 2023 to Saturday 30th December 2023
  373 signatures

• Make burning the Pride Flag an offence with a ban on public office for offenders
  Open from Wednesday 28th June 2023 to Thursday 28th December 2023
  141 signatures

• Require annual mental health evaluations for police officers
  Open from Thursday 22nd June 2023 to Friday 22nd December 2023
  107 signatures

• Help EVERYONE identify signs of child abuse, neglect and know what to do next
  Open from Tuesday 20th June 2023 to Wednesday 20th December 2023
  104 signatures

• Establish a British Volunteer Guard
  Open from Monday 19th June 2023 to Tuesday 19th December 2023
  1,292 signatures

• Create a dedicated Minister for Knife Crime Prevention
  Open from Monday 19th June 2023 to Tuesday 19th December 2023
  4,071 signatures

• Require police carry tranquilizer guns and ban use of police firearms on animals
  Open from Thursday 15th June 2023 to Friday 15th December 2023
  10,129 signatures

• Introduce specific restrictions on displaying swastikas and other Nazi symbols
  Open from Thursday 15th June 2023 to Friday 15th December 2023
  121 signatures

• Urge the United Nations to provide search and rescue teams to Ukraine urgently
  Open from Tuesday 13th June 2023 to Wednesday 13th December 2023
  1,273 signatures

• Extend family visas to all parents of British citizens
  Open from Tuesday 13th June 2023 to Wednesday 13th December 2023
  47 signatures

• Create a Privacy Council to educate and improve privacy in the UK
  Open from Wednesday 7th June 2023 to Thursday 7th December 2023
  22 signatures

• Lower B1 Level English Requirement to A2 Level for Skilled Worker Visa
  Open from Tuesday 6th June 2023 to Wednesday 6th December 2023
  257 signatures

• Allow international students and those with graduate visas to bring dependents
  Open from Monday 5th June 2023 to Tuesday 5th December 2023
  83 signatures

• Allow biometric residence permit (BRP) holders to use eGates at passport control
  Open from Monday 5th June 2023 to Tuesday 5th December 2023
  504 signatures

• Devolve immigration powers for refugees to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
  Open from Thursday 1st June 2023 to Friday 1st December 2023
  268 signatures

• Make intentionally spreading misinformation a criminal offence
  Open from Thursday 1st June 2023 to Friday 1st December 2023
  94 signatures

• Legalise cannabis and expunge previous convictions for possession
  Open from Tuesday 30th May 2023 to Thursday 30th November 2023
  2,060 signatures

• Stop emergency services using sirens while passing a funeral procession
  Open from Monday 22nd May 2023 to Wednesday 22nd November 2023
  22 signatures

• Make tool theft a specific criminal offence with tougher penalties
  Open from Thursday 18th May 2023 to Saturday 18th November 2023
  212 signatures

• Waive visa fees for Ukrainian nationals
  Open from Tuesday 16th May 2023 to Thursday 16th November 2023
  55 signatures

• Withdraw from the UN Global Compact for Migration
  Open from Wednesday 10th May 2023 to Friday 10th November 2023
  817 signatures

• Make altering property borders without consent a specific criminal offence
  Open from Wednesday 3rd May 2023 to Friday 3rd November 2023
  16 signatures

• Evacuate Sudanese nationals whose travel documents are held by the UK Government
  Open from Tuesday 2nd May 2023 to Thursday 2nd November 2023
  76 signatures

• Introduce higher maximum sentences for possession of more dangerous knives
  Open from Tuesday 2nd May 2023 to Thursday 2nd November 2023
  29 signatures

• Reinstate carrying forward time left on passports during renewal
  Open from Tuesday 2nd May 2023 to Thursday 2nd November 2023
  60 signatures

• 5-year prison sentences and communications restrictions for child sex offenders
  Open from Tuesday 2nd May 2023 to Thursday 2nd November 2023
  164 signatures

• Stop housing asylum seekers in tourist towns
  Open from Tuesday 2nd May 2023 to Thursday 2nd November 2023
  65 signatures

• Create a Sudanese Family Scheme visa for Sudanese people affected by war
  Open from Friday 28th April 2023 to Saturday 28th October 2023
  29,033 signatures

• Require deletion of police records where investigation was due to mental illness
  Open from Friday 28th April 2023 to Saturday 28th October 2023
  139 signatures

• Require individuals proselytizing to display proof of criminal record check
  Open from Friday 28th April 2023 to Saturday 28th October 2023
  25 signatures

• Make foreign NHS nurses and their family eligible for citizenship after 5 years
  Open from Friday 28th April 2023 to Saturday 28th October 2023
  1,473 signatures

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