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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• Legalise, Regulate and Tax all Recreational Drugs
  Open from Monday 20th December 2021 to Monday 20th June 2022
  47 signatures

• Make Service In Armed Forces An Automatic Route To Full British Citizenship.
  Open from Monday 20th December 2021 to Monday 20th June 2022
  611 signatures

• Extend the Football (Offences) Act to cover all women's football games
  Open from Friday 17th December 2021 to Friday 17th June 2022
  196 signatures

• Ban full face coverings being worn in public
  Open from Thursday 16th December 2021 to Thursday 16th June 2022
  183 signatures

• Automatically remove passports for people found guilty of child sexual offences
  Open from Monday 13th December 2021 to Monday 13th June 2022
  2,864 signatures

• Fund legal representation for Windrush compensation scheme claimants
  Open from Monday 13th December 2021 to Monday 13th June 2022
  31 signatures

• Open the Afghan citizens' resettlement scheme
  Open from Monday 13th December 2021 to Monday 13th June 2022
  21 signatures

• Minimum sentences and mandatory licensing for carrying a knife
  Open from Thursday 9th December 2021 to Thursday 9th June 2022
  3,770 signatures

• Ban all animal experiments & redirect Government funding to human-based research
  Open from Thursday 9th December 2021 to Thursday 9th June 2022
  51,474 signatures

• Create a fund for enforcement of road traffic offences by cyclists and scooters
  Open from Wednesday 8th December 2021 to Wednesday 8th June 2022
  52 signatures

• Extend the new dog abduction theft offence to cover cats and all kept animals
  Open from Wednesday 8th December 2021 to Wednesday 8th June 2022
  16,006 signatures

• Give foreign nationals who served in the Armed Forces rights to remain in the UK
  Open from Wednesday 8th December 2021 to Wednesday 8th June 2022
  272 signatures

• Ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention
  Open from Friday 3rd December 2021 to Friday 3rd June 2022
  79 signatures

• Take action to tackle illegal crossings over the Channel
  Open from Wednesday 1st December 2021 to Wednesday 1st June 2022
  3,886 signatures

• Make it easier to end parental responsibility of absent parents
  Open from Tuesday 30th November 2021 to Monday 30th May 2022
  39 signatures

• Implement reforms to deal with illegal immigration
  Open from Monday 29th November 2021 to Sunday 29th May 2022
  655 signatures

• Create a national document checking service, to prevent loss in the post
  Open from Monday 29th November 2021 to Sunday 29th May 2022
  2,812 signatures

• Remove Clause 9 from the Nationality and Borders Bill
  Open from Monday 29th November 2021 to Sunday 29th May 2022
  327,103 signatures

• Fund research into cannabis and review restrictions on production, sale and use
  Open from Friday 26th November 2021 to Thursday 26th May 2022
  160 signatures

• Deport all foreign and dual nationals convicted of any crime in the UK
  Open from Thursday 25th November 2021 to Wednesday 25th May 2022
  539 signatures

• Increase Minimum Sentence for Assaulting Emergency Workers to Two Years Prison
  Open from Thursday 25th November 2021 to Wednesday 25th May 2022
  138 signatures

• Do not remove anyone's British citizenship
  Open from Wednesday 24th November 2021 to Tuesday 24th May 2022
  514 signatures

• Review powers for tackling obstructive protesters and their organisers
  Open from Wednesday 24th November 2021 to Tuesday 24th May 2022
  36 signatures

• Allow nurses to apply for the Health and Care Worker Visa in-country
  Open from Wednesday 24th November 2021 to Tuesday 24th May 2022
  80 signatures

• Make vaccination against COVID-19 a condition of deployment for police officers
  Open from Tuesday 23rd November 2021 to Monday 23rd May 2022
  19 signatures

• Make those who have paid class 1 NI for 5 years eligible for ILR
  Open from Monday 22nd November 2021 to Sunday 22nd May 2022
  16 signatures

• Remove the Immigration Skill Charge for jobs on the Shortage Occupation list
  Open from Monday 22nd November 2021 to Sunday 22nd May 2022
  57 signatures

• Give Asylum Seekers right to work 4 weeks after arrival in UK
  Open from Friday 19th November 2021 to Thursday 19th May 2022
  24 signatures

• Widen access to Child Sex Offenders Disclosure Scheme to partners
  Open from Friday 19th November 2021 to Thursday 19th May 2022
  310 signatures

• Make spiking by injection a specific criminal offence
  Open from Thursday 18th November 2021 to Wednesday 18th May 2022
  103 signatures

• Reduce UK citizenship fees to £372
  Open from Thursday 18th November 2021 to Wednesday 18th May 2022
  300 signatures

• Fund increased police numbers in England and Wales
  Open from Tuesday 16th November 2021 to Monday 16th May 2022
  327 signatures

• Prohibit convicted sex offenders changing their name or using social media
  Open from Monday 15th November 2021 to Sunday 15th May 2022
  641 signatures

• Take action to make entering the UK illegally extremely unattractive for adults
  Open from Monday 15th November 2021 to Sunday 15th May 2022
  8,790 signatures

• Allow visa-free travel for Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi citizens 90 days

• Allow visa-free travel for Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi citizens 90 days
  Open from Thursday 11th November 2021 to Wednesday 11th May 2022
  12 signatures

• Hold a public inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Bradford, West Yorkshire
  Open from Wednesday 10th November 2021 to Tuesday 10th May 2022
  76 signatures

• Require all ships in UK ports to be inspected for compliance with MLC 2006
  Open from Tuesday 9th November 2021 to Monday 9th May 2022
  31 signatures

• Make it a legal requirement for nightclubs to search guests with x-ray scanners
  Open from Tuesday 9th November 2021 to Monday 9th May 2022
  17 signatures

• Make it mandatory for all clubs to provide drug tests for drinks
  Open from Wednesday 3rd November 2021 to Tuesday 3rd May 2022
  30 signatures

• Require all pubs and clubs to use hand held metal detectors to search guests
  Open from Friday 29th October 2021 to Friday 29th April 2022
  50 signatures

• Ease immigration rules for construction workers to mitigate impact of Brexit
  Open from Friday 29th October 2021 to Friday 29th April 2022
  1,486 signatures

• Two year minimum custodial sentence for 16 yrs + carrying a knife
  Open from Thursday 28th October 2021 to Thursday 28th April 2022
  37 signatures

• DBS to show all cautions and warnings related to Domestic Violence and stalking.
  Open from Tuesday 26th October 2021 to Tuesday 26th April 2022
  547 signatures

• Require all SIA licence holders to complete any new training standards
  Open from Tuesday 26th October 2021 to Tuesday 26th April 2022
  14 signatures

• Make drink spiking a specific, notifiable criminal offence
  Open from Monday 25th October 2021 to Monday 25th April 2022
  2,268 signatures

• Give people the right to make a phone call before arrest
  Open from Friday 22nd October 2021 to Friday 22nd April 2022
  249 signatures

• Give undocumented migrants the right to work and open a UK bank account.
  Open from Thursday 21st October 2021 to Thursday 21st April 2022
  20 signatures

• Make Male Genital Mutilation (Circumcision) an offence unless medically required
  Open from Monday 18th October 2021 to Monday 18th April 2022
  2,592 signatures

• Add Sinopharm Vaccine to the list of approved vaccinations for travel
  Open from Monday 18th October 2021 to Monday 18th April 2022
  49 signatures

• Ensure when police officers are off duty that hand in warrant cards, handcuffs
  Open from Friday 15th October 2021 to Friday 15th April 2022
  16 signatures

• Make the sex offenders list become public records for viewing
  Open from Thursday 14th October 2021 to Thursday 14th April 2022
  80 signatures

• Revise the UK citizenship test to ensure it supports meaningful integration
  Open from Thursday 14th October 2021 to Thursday 14th April 2022
  74 signatures

• Require a uniformed police officer be present for arrest or detention
  Open from Wednesday 13th October 2021 to Wednesday 13th April 2022
  177 signatures

• Change Cannabis, Cannabinol & Cannabinol derivatives to Class C
  Open from Wednesday 13th October 2021 to Wednesday 13th April 2022
  117 signatures

• Fund and implement independent psychoanalytical testing for all police
  Open from Wednesday 13th October 2021 to Wednesday 13th April 2022
  43 signatures

• Establish a specialist police force to protect the NHS
  Open from Tuesday 12th October 2021 to Tuesday 12th April 2022
  17 signatures

• Legalise cannabis for recreational and medicinal use
  Open from Tuesday 12th October 2021 to Tuesday 12th April 2022
  1,864 signatures

• Create short-term visas for skilled abattoir workers to meet labour shortages
  Open from Monday 11th October 2021 to Monday 11th April 2022
  1,530 signatures

• Require two or more police officers to be present to make an arrest
  Open from Friday 8th October 2021 to Friday 8th April 2022
  17 signatures

• Make possessing "date rape" drugs an offence with a mandatory 10-year sentence
  Open from Thursday 7th October 2021 to Thursday 7th April 2022
  115 signatures

• Require a female police officer to be present when a woman is arrested
  Open from Thursday 7th October 2021 to Thursday 7th April 2022
  77 signatures

• Make misogyny a hate crime.
  Open from Thursday 7th October 2021 to Thursday 7th April 2022
  436 signatures

• Scrap the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill
  Open from Wednesday 6th October 2021 to Wednesday 6th April 2022
  499 signatures

• Make it a specific criminal offence to supply drugs to children under 16
  Open from Wednesday 6th October 2021 to Wednesday 6th April 2022
  10,275 signatures

• Make it illegal for a lone police officer to arrest an unaccompanied woman
  Open from Tuesday 5th October 2021 to Tuesday 5th April 2022
  110 signatures

• Review arrangements for off duty police officers to hold warrant cards
  Open from Tuesday 5th October 2021 to Tuesday 5th April 2022
  27 signatures

• Grant pre-settled status to all those who applied before 30 June 2021.
  Open from Thursday 30th September 2021 to Wednesday 30th March 2022
  51 signatures

• Make it legal to carry self defence products such as pepper spray in the UK.

• Make it legal to carry self defence products such as pepper spray in the UK.
  Open from Thursday 30th September 2021 to Wednesday 30th March 2022
  152 signatures

• Allow citizens of Colombia to travel to the UK visa free for tourism
  Open from Wednesday 22nd September 2021 to Tuesday 22nd March 2022
  21 signatures

• Fund free drink spiking test kits for all bars
  Open from Tuesday 21st September 2021 to Monday 21st March 2022
  16,535 signatures

• Prioritise visa applications awaiting decision for more than 6 months
  Open from Tuesday 21st September 2021 to Monday 21st March 2022
  2,166 signatures

• Referendum on reducing net migration and refugee numbers
  Open from Monday 20th September 2021 to Sunday 20th March 2022
  2,740 signatures

• Legalise Kava Kava (Piper Methysticum) in the United Kingdom.
  Open from Monday 20th September 2021 to Sunday 20th March 2022
  424 signatures

• Open more ferry ports to passenger travel
  Open from Monday 20th September 2021 to Sunday 20th March 2022
  27 signatures

• Create a national domestic abuse register and new requirements for offenders

• Create a national domestic abuse register and new requirements for offenders
  Open from Friday 17th September 2021 to Thursday 17th March 2022
  28 signatures

• Do not implement policies to turn around migrant boats crossing the Channel
  Open from Thursday 16th September 2021 to Wednesday 16th March 2022
  50 signatures

• Introduce a dog licence
  Open from Tuesday 14th September 2021 to Monday 14th March 2022
  36 signatures

• Grant rights to reside to all Afghans in the UK
  Open from Thursday 9th September 2021 to Wednesday 9th March 2022
  2,080 signatures

• Implement Tier 3 visa scheme which is currently suspended
  Open from Wednesday 8th September 2021 to Tuesday 8th March 2022
  11 signatures

• Require police disclose & allow reported Non-Crime Hate Incidents be challenged
  Open from Tuesday 7th September 2021 to Monday 7th March 2022
  1,833 signatures

• Extend travel exemptions for fully vaccinated to those receiving mixed vaccines
  Open from Monday 6th September 2021 to Sunday 6th March 2022
  250 signatures

• Require all staff at soft play centres be DBS checked
  Open from Monday 6th September 2021 to Sunday 6th March 2022
  194 signatures

• Mandatory biannual reapplication for all firearm licences
  Open from Friday 3rd September 2021 to Thursday 3rd March 2022
  20 signatures

• Appoint a government Tsar to champion the reduction of knife crime
  Open from Thursday 2nd September 2021 to Wednesday 2nd March 2022
  22 signatures

• Exempt Afghans who worked with UK forces from citizenship fees
  Open from Thursday 2nd September 2021 to Wednesday 2nd March 2022
  177 signatures

• Ban alcohol on all public transport including boats, trains and buses.
  Open from Friday 27th August 2021 to Sunday 27th February 2022
  29 signatures

• Do not criminalise entering Afghanistan
  Open from Friday 27th August 2021 to Sunday 27th February 2022
  66 signatures

• Cancel the Afghan citizens’ resettlement scheme
  Open from Wednesday 25th August 2021 to Friday 25th February 2022
  681 signatures

• Take action to ensure fair distribution of Afghan, Rohingya & Syrian Refugees
  Open from Wednesday 25th August 2021 to Friday 25th February 2022
  36 signatures

• Minimum 5-year sentence for knife possession and 10-years for use of a knife
  Open from Wednesday 25th August 2021 to Friday 25th February 2022
  3,158 signatures

• Offer asylum to all Afghans who have worked for UK organisations
  Open from Wednesday 25th August 2021 to Friday 25th February 2022
  154 signatures

• Review gun licence/firearm laws for those with convictions/police cautions
  Open from Tuesday 24th August 2021 to Thursday 24th February 2022
  20 signatures

• Regulate locksmiths and issue guidance around gaining entry to property
  Open from Tuesday 24th August 2021 to Thursday 24th February 2022
  35 signatures

• Increase the number of Afghan refugees the UK will welcome
  Open from Tuesday 24th August 2021 to Thursday 24th February 2022
  133 signatures

• Stop extradition of UK nationals and replace with provisions for domestic trials
  Open from Monday 23rd August 2021 to Wednesday 23rd February 2022
  14 signatures

• Allow those with 5 years ICT visa and 2 years skilled work visa to apply for ILR
  Open from Monday 23rd August 2021 to Wednesday 23rd February 2022
  3,830 signatures

• Create a path to safety for all LGBTQ+ Afghans for resettlement in the UK
  Open from Monday 23rd August 2021 to Wednesday 23rd February 2022
  273 signatures

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