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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• Increase the drinking age from 18 to 21
  Open from Monday 30th January 2023 to Sunday 30th July 2023
  19 signatures

• Legalise the possession, use and distribution of psilocybin mushrooms in the UK
  Open from Friday 27th January 2023 to Thursday 27th July 2023
  64 signatures

• Mandatory biometric checks for certain professions, to check criminal record
  Open from Tuesday 24th January 2023 to Monday 24th July 2023
  34 signatures

• Require police officers to undergo enhanced DBS check before appointment
  Open from Monday 23rd January 2023 to Sunday 23rd July 2023
  229 signatures

• Provide online visa application tracking so applicants can check the status
  Open from Monday 23rd January 2023 to Sunday 23rd July 2023
  99 signatures

• Require bar/club staff to be trained in dealing with spiking incidents
  Open from Wednesday 18th January 2023 to Tuesday 18th July 2023
  24 signatures

• Take action to tackle modern slavery in artisanal cobalt mining
  Open from Monday 16th January 2023 to Sunday 16th July 2023
  32 signatures

• Make work permits available to anyone who entered the UK legally after 10 years
  Open from Monday 16th January 2023 to Sunday 16th July 2023
  27 signatures

• Make sexual communication with a child illegal for 16 and 17 year olds
  Open from Friday 13th January 2023 to Thursday 13th July 2023
  36 signatures

• Disband the Border Force and pass its functions to the Ministry of Defence.
  Open from Thursday 12th January 2023 to Wednesday 12th July 2023
  19 signatures

• Allow the sale of regulated cannabis at designated cafes/entertainment venues.
  Open from Thursday 29th December 2022 to Thursday 29th June 2023
  194 signatures

• Increase funding to fight drug abuse
  Open from Thursday 29th December 2022 to Thursday 29th June 2023
  19 signatures

• Investigate Anti-Hindu propaganda & hatred attacks on Hindu Community
  Open from Wednesday 21st December 2022 to Wednesday 21st June 2023
  18,647 signatures

• Scrap the B1 English Speaking test.
  Open from Thursday 15th December 2022 to Thursday 15th June 2023
  11 signatures

• Allow people to travel outside of UK while a visa application is being processed
  Open from Tuesday 13th December 2022 to Tuesday 13th June 2023
  15 signatures

• Revoke the unjust Community Protection Notice (CPN) power
  Open from Wednesday 7th December 2022 to Wednesday 7th June 2023
  873 signatures

• Abolish police internal complaints systems. Use independent investigators only.
  Open from Wednesday 7th December 2022 to Wednesday 7th June 2023
  126 signatures

• Any sharing of indecent photographs without consent should be a crime.
  Open from Tuesday 6th December 2022 to Tuesday 6th June 2023
  149 signatures

• Make the practice of cousin marriage or "consanguineous" marriage a crime.
  Open from Tuesday 6th December 2022 to Tuesday 6th June 2023
  35 signatures

• Make bullying a specific criminal offence
  Open from Thursday 1st December 2022 to Thursday 1st June 2023
  625 signatures

• Make reporting false allegations of sexual offences a specific criminal offence
  Open from Thursday 1st December 2022 to Thursday 1st June 2023
  4,263 signatures

• Extend the Youth Mobility Scheme to Pakistan on the same terms as for India
  Open from Monday 28th November 2022 to Sunday 28th May 2023
  370 signatures

• Increase the curtailment period when Tier 2 Visa holders lose their jobs
  Open from Friday 25th November 2022 to Thursday 25th May 2023
  18 signatures

• Stop housing asylum seekers who entered the UK illegally in hotels
  Open from Monday 21st November 2022 to Sunday 21st May 2023
  15,996 signatures

• Prioritise and expedite Visa applications for doctors offered jobs with the NHS
  Open from Monday 21st November 2022 to Sunday 21st May 2023
  46 signatures

• Introduce mandatory biometric identity cards
  Open from Wednesday 16th November 2022 to Tuesday 16th May 2023
  20 signatures

• Fund increased policing against homophobic hate crimes
  Open from Monday 14th November 2022 to Sunday 14th May 2023
  113 signatures

• Make electronic tagging mandatory for all convicted sex offenders
  Open from Friday 11th November 2022 to Thursday 11th May 2023
  110 signatures

• Increase staffing to reduce waiting times for Asylum seeker claims
  Open from Thursday 10th November 2022 to Wednesday 10th May 2023
  3,306 signatures

• Make the production, sale and consumption of cannabis legal in the UK
  Open from Wednesday 9th November 2022 to Tuesday 9th May 2023
  1,174 signatures

• Amnesty for Undocumented Migrants After 5 years With No Criminal Conviction
  Open from Tuesday 8th November 2022 to Monday 8th May 2023
  36 signatures

• Make GHB and GBL Class 'A' drugs
  Open from Tuesday 8th November 2022 to Monday 8th May 2023
  1,447 signatures

• Introduce a policy of housing all asylum seekers in hotels
  Open from Tuesday 8th November 2022 to Monday 8th May 2023
  29 signatures

• Decriminalise possession for personal use of all drugs
  Open from Tuesday 8th November 2022 to Monday 8th May 2023
  36 signatures

• After massive population growth, it's time to stop all immigration into the UK.
  Open from Tuesday 8th November 2022 to Monday 8th May 2023
  3,946 signatures

• Provide funding for additional policing of road traffic offences.
  Open from Tuesday 8th November 2022 to Monday 8th May 2023
  17 signatures

• Hold a public inquiry into historic Child Sexual Exploitation in Blackpool
  Open from Friday 4th November 2022 to Thursday 4th May 2023
  2,104 signatures

• Mandatory three-month prison sentence for damage to war memorials or statues
  Open from Thursday 3rd November 2022 to Wednesday 3rd May 2023
  3,177 signatures

• Increase additional working hours for healthcare visa workers to 37.5hr
  Open from Monday 31st October 2022 to Sunday 30th April 2023
  164 signatures

• New offence of stealing from a charity with a minimum 4-month sentence
  Open from Tuesday 25th October 2022 to Tuesday 25th April 2023
  22 signatures

• Allow Jamaican Nationals To Visit, Study & Work In The UK without a Visa.
  Open from Monday 24th October 2022 to Monday 24th April 2023
  3,355 signatures

• Allow elderly parents of UK residents to live in the UK with private medical
  Open from Thursday 20th October 2022 to Thursday 20th April 2023
  290 signatures

• Increase the number of and pay for the police and ban sending out officers alone
  Open from Tuesday 18th October 2022 to Tuesday 18th April 2023
  23 signatures

• Update hate crime action plan and increase actions to tackle hate crime
  Open from Tuesday 18th October 2022 to Tuesday 18th April 2023
  150 signatures

• Make it a specific offence to cause criminal damage to works of art or artefacts
  Open from Tuesday 18th October 2022 to Tuesday 18th April 2023
  22 signatures

• Make it a specific offence to lie about your age to engage in sexual activities
  Open from Monday 17th October 2022 to Monday 17th April 2023
  52 signatures

• Update drunk and disorderly offence to include intoxication by drugs
  Open from Monday 17th October 2022 to Monday 17th April 2023
  174 signatures

• Offer assistance, asylum and support to those fleeing Iran.
  Open from Wednesday 12th October 2022 to Wednesday 12th April 2023
  74 signatures

• Make the use of Tasers (conducted energy weapon) & Pava spray legal
  Open from Wednesday 12th October 2022 to Wednesday 12th April 2023
  26 signatures

• Make it illegal to buy or sell nitrous oxide (laughing gas)
  Open from Wednesday 12th October 2022 to Wednesday 12th April 2023
  39 signatures

• Create a national register of perpetrators of domestic abuse
  Open from Monday 10th October 2022 to Monday 10th April 2023
  37 signatures

• Make narcissistic abuse a specific criminal offence in personal relationships
  Open from Wednesday 5th October 2022 to Wednesday 5th April 2023
  118 signatures

• Make time in the UK on an ICT visa count towards eligibility for ILR
  Open from Wednesday 5th October 2022 to Wednesday 5th April 2023
  2,451 signatures

• Amnesty for undocumented migrants after 10 years and ILR after 12 years
  Open from Tuesday 4th October 2022 to Tuesday 4th April 2023
  324 signatures

• Allow Russian citizens to apply for UK work visas outside a country of residence
  Open from Tuesday 4th October 2022 to Tuesday 4th April 2023
  248 signatures

• Simplify Skilled Worker and Global Talent visa rules for Russian nationals
  Open from Tuesday 4th October 2022 to Tuesday 4th April 2023
  219 signatures

• Prohibit protest outside places of worship
  Open from Monday 3rd October 2022 to Monday 3rd April 2023
  386 signatures

• Offer asylum to Russians fleeing the current Russian regime
  Open from Monday 3rd October 2022 to Monday 3rd April 2023
  47 signatures

• Waive visa requirements for non-UK nationals having a child with a UK national
  Open from Thursday 8th September 2022 to Wednesday 22nd March 2023
  95 signatures

• Automatically remove parental responsibility from domestic abusers
  Open from Wednesday 7th September 2022 to Tuesday 21st March 2023
  94 signatures

• Allow asylum seekers to work
  Open from Tuesday 6th September 2022 to Monday 20th March 2023
  58 signatures

• Allow international students to work 30 hours a week in term time in Healthcare
  Open from Tuesday 6th September 2022 to Monday 20th March 2023
  36 signatures

• Make it illegal to sell nitrous oxide to anyone under the age of 21

• Make it illegal to sell nitrous oxide to anyone under the age of 21
  Open from Monday 5th September 2022 to Sunday 19th March 2023
  384 signatures

• Bring back national ID cards
  Open from Wednesday 31st August 2022 to Tuesday 14th March 2023
  50 signatures

• Increase sentences for gun, knife and sexual offences
  Open from Friday 26th August 2022 to Sunday 12th March 2023
  22 signatures

• Increase mandatory minimum sentences for carrying a knife, with no parole
  Open from Wednesday 24th August 2022 to Friday 10th March 2023
  392 signatures

• Make adultery and infidelity domestic abuse offences
  Open from Monday 22nd August 2022 to Wednesday 8th March 2023
  40 signatures

• Recognise Irish passport cards & Gibraltar ID cards at UK Border Force's eGates
  Open from Friday 19th August 2022 to Sunday 5th March 2023
  56 signatures

• Allow EU nationals to come to the UK to work in hospitality for up to 2 Years
  Open from Thursday 18th August 2022 to Saturday 4th March 2023
  18,188 signatures

• Make it an offence to relocate a child within UK without other parent's consent
  Open from Thursday 18th August 2022 to Saturday 4th March 2023
  40 signatures

• Require the use of body cameras and regular assessment for doorstaff/bouncers
  Open from Thursday 18th August 2022 to Saturday 4th March 2023
  260 signatures

• Take action to prevent illegal attempts to enter UK across the Channel
  Open from Wednesday 17th August 2022 to Friday 3rd March 2023
  8,424 signatures

• Create absolute rights to defence of person and property, and carrying weapons
  Open from Wednesday 10th August 2022 to Friday 24th February 2023
  46 signatures

• Work internationally to resettle asylum seekers, not send them to Rwanda
  Open from Tuesday 9th August 2022 to Thursday 23rd February 2023
  19 signatures

• Make statements about raping someone a specific offence, regardless of intent
  Open from Wednesday 3rd August 2022 to Friday 17th February 2023
  25 signatures

• Reschedule psilocybin for medical research on untreatable conditions
  Open from Wednesday 3rd August 2022 to Friday 17th February 2023
  11,823 signatures

• Provide safe passage to the UK for unaccompanied child refugees
  Open from Tuesday 2nd August 2022 to Thursday 16th February 2023
  323 signatures

• Allow drinks to contain up to 2mg of THC and CBN
  Open from Monday 1st August 2022 to Wednesday 15th February 2023
  15 signatures

• Establish and Maintain an Aerial firefighting capability to combat wildfires
  Open from Wednesday 27th July 2022 to Friday 10th February 2023
  164 signatures

• Grant automatic UK citizenship to those born to a British mother before 1983
  Open from Tuesday 26th July 2022 to Thursday 9th February 2023
  42 signatures

• Stop local councils charging both parents to take their children on holiday
  Open from Monday 25th July 2022 to Wednesday 8th February 2023
  31 signatures

• Amend visa restrictions on under 14s from working as sportspersons
  Open from Monday 25th July 2022 to Wednesday 8th February 2023
  83 signatures

• Create separate border control counters for non-UK citizens with residence cards
  Open from Monday 25th July 2022 to Wednesday 8th February 2023
  19 signatures

• Introduce mandatory minimum sentences for spiking
  Open from Thursday 21st July 2022 to Saturday 4th February 2023
  33 signatures

• Implement mandatory anti-racism training for all police officers
  Open from Thursday 21st July 2022 to Saturday 4th February 2023
  52 signatures

• Require polygraph tests of all new and serving police officers
  Open from Monday 18th July 2022 to Wednesday 1st February 2023
  19 signatures

• Revert legislation governing firearms to the Firearms Act 1937
  Open from Monday 18th July 2022 to Wednesday 1st February 2023
  72 signatures

• Grant amnesty and automatic ILR to under-18s after 5 years in the UK
  Open from Wednesday 13th July 2022 to Friday 27th January 2023
  16 signatures

• Allow those with 5 years ICT visa to apply for ILR
  Open from Thursday 7th July 2022 to Saturday 21st January 2023
  124 signatures

• Change the law to prevent protestors outside abortion providers
  Open from Tuesday 5th July 2022 to Thursday 19th January 2023
  123 signatures

• Increase penalties for knife crime offences
  Open from Monday 4th July 2022 to Wednesday 18th January 2023
  81 signatures

• Fund evacuation of Afghans, with UK relocation offers, trapped in Afghanistan
  Open from Wednesday 29th June 2022 to Thursday 12th January 2023
  969 signatures

• Urge China to allow direct flights between the UK and China to resume
  Open from Wednesday 29th June 2022 to Thursday 12th January 2023
  12 signatures

• Grant full citizenship to British citizens by descent, and their children
  Open from Wednesday 29th June 2022 to Thursday 12th January 2023
  43 signatures

• Make it mandatory for Police & CPS to provide counselling to ALL victims of CSA
  Open from Monday 27th June 2022 to Tuesday 10th January 2023
  12,017 signatures

• Equalise support for hosts and refugees through Ukraine visa schemes
  Open from Thursday 23rd June 2022 to Friday 6th January 2023
  23 signatures

• End pilot scheme of electronically tagging asylum-seeking people
  Open from Thursday 23rd June 2022 to Friday 6th January 2023
  55 signatures

• Include siblings and cousins in reunion rules for pre- and settled status
  Open from Wednesday 22nd June 2022 to Thursday 5th January 2023
  205 signatures

• Ensure women topless in public do not face indecency charges
  Open from Tuesday 21st June 2022 to Wednesday 4th January 2023
  42 signatures

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