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 30 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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• Require enhanced DBS checks for ALL employees in contact with vulnerable people
  Open from Wednesday 29th January 2025 to Tuesday 29th July 2025
  349 signatures

• Allow the Police to use the public genealogy databases to investigate cold cases
  Open from Tuesday 28th January 2025 to Monday 28th July 2025
  228 signatures

• Launch an inquiry into structural racism experienced by Travellers
  Open from Monday 27th January 2025 to Sunday 27th July 2025
  35 signatures

• Require anti-spiking measurers, increase spiking support and awareness
  Open from Friday 24th January 2025 to Thursday 24th July 2025
  357 signatures

• Protect Free Speech in Public: Amend the Public Order Act 1986
  Open from Friday 24th January 2025 to Thursday 24th July 2025
  153 signatures

• Reduce the ILR qualifying period from 5 years to 3 years for legal immigrants
  Open from Thursday 23rd January 2025 to Wednesday 23rd July 2025
  47,087 signatures

• Hold a referendum on Reintroducing the Rwanda scheme.
  Open from Thursday 23rd January 2025 to Wednesday 23rd July 2025
  200 signatures

• Change the legal definition of Rape to allow women to be charged with rape
  Open from Tuesday 21st January 2025 to Monday 21st July 2025
  252 signatures

• Repeal the 2000 and 2006 Terrorism Acts and review other legislation
  Open from Tuesday 21st January 2025 to Monday 21st July 2025
  3,535 signatures

• Review strategy for youth crime & anti-social behaviour, and increase funding
  Open from Tuesday 21st January 2025 to Monday 21st July 2025
  149 signatures

• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers
  Open from Monday 20th January 2025 to Sunday 20th July 2025
  427,402 signatures

• No visa restrictions to all citizens of Uzbekistan to enter the UK
  Open from Monday 20th January 2025 to Sunday 20th July 2025
  18 signatures

• Allow those on 5-year ILR route to combine time spent on all eligible visas
  Open from Thursday 16th January 2025 to Wednesday 16th July 2025
  257 signatures

• Allow Ukrainian children in the UK to apply for settlement
  Open from Thursday 16th January 2025 to Wednesday 16th July 2025
  55 signatures

• Create path to Settlement for Ukrainians in the UK
  Open from Wednesday 15th January 2025 to Tuesday 15th July 2025
  35,948 signatures

• Review UK immigration policies, including a cap the number of people arriving
  Open from Tuesday 14th January 2025 to Monday 14th July 2025
  236 signatures

• Lower financial requirement for Spouse Visa from £29,000 back to £18,600
  Open from Monday 13th January 2025 to Sunday 13th July 2025
  2,441 signatures

• Make spiking an indictable offence
  Open from Thursday 9th January 2025 to Wednesday 9th July 2025
  75 signatures

• Deport all immigrants that arrive illegally from safe countries
  Open from Tuesday 7th January 2025 to Monday 7th July 2025
  7,875 signatures

• Ban the wearing of face-coverings during marches and protests
  Open from Friday 3rd January 2025 to Thursday 3rd July 2025
  3,767 signatures

• Toughen up the law to ensure stricter punishment for child sexual abuse material
  Open from Friday 27th December 2024 to Friday 27th June 2025
  477 signatures

• Allow Ukrainians who are disabled to apply for immediate ILR
  Open from Tuesday 24th December 2024 to Tuesday 24th June 2025
  129 signatures

• Abolish Non-Crime Hate Incidents
  Open from Tuesday 24th December 2024 to Tuesday 24th June 2025
  35,001 signatures

• Review police pursuit rules to ensure proportionality and safety
  Open from Monday 23rd December 2024 to Monday 23rd June 2025
  163 signatures

• Change the earliest days of ILR application from 28days to 180days before 5years
  Open from Monday 23rd December 2024 to Monday 23rd June 2025
  204 signatures

• Enact measures to combat knife crime
  Open from Friday 20th December 2024 to Friday 20th June 2025
  40,249 signatures

• Reverse April 2024 COS Restrictions for Ofsted Regulated Care Workers
  Open from Friday 20th December 2024 to Friday 20th June 2025
  51 signatures

• Remove visa requirement: Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia
  Open from Friday 20th December 2024 to Friday 20th June 2025
  97 signatures

• Grant all asylum seekers the right to work
  Open from Friday 20th December 2024 to Friday 20th June 2025
  64 signatures

• Allow Visa applicants to pay health surcharge in instalments
  Open from Thursday 19th December 2024 to Thursday 19th June 2025
  2,969 signatures

• Allow migrants with settled status to vote in UK Parliament elections
  Open from Thursday 19th December 2024 to Thursday 19th June 2025
  45 signatures

• Require licences to use air rifles
  Open from Wednesday 18th December 2024 to Wednesday 18th June 2025
  187 signatures

• Increase maritime enforcement to intercept and return boats to France.
  Open from Monday 16th December 2024 to Monday 16th June 2025
  913 signatures

• Introduce Commonwealth Immigration Routes
  Open from Monday 16th December 2024 to Monday 16th June 2025
  51 signatures

• Increase funding for border security and patrols in UK waters.
  Open from Monday 16th December 2024 to Monday 16th June 2025
  251 signatures

• Indefinitely detain non-UK national terror suspects without charge
  Open from Friday 13th December 2024 to Friday 13th June 2025
  80 signatures

• Legislate to make identity theft a specific criminal offence.
  Open from Wednesday 11th December 2024 to Wednesday 11th June 2025
  107 signatures

• Exempt Commonwealth soldiers from the Life in the UK test after 6yrs Service.
  Open from Wednesday 11th December 2024 to Wednesday 11th June 2025
  33 signatures

• Introduce stricter minimum penalties for acts of animal cruelty.
  Open from Wednesday 11th December 2024 to Wednesday 11th June 2025
  3,469 signatures

• Change requirements for ILR for those who have graduated and worked for 3 years
  Open from Friday 6th December 2024 to Friday 6th June 2025
  14,189 signatures

• Review the rules on suspending SIA licenses
  Open from Friday 6th December 2024 to Friday 6th June 2025
  208 signatures

• Change laws around amendments on birth certificates
  Open from Thursday 5th December 2024 to Thursday 5th June 2025
  49 signatures

• Shorten residency period for undocumented migrants to apply to regularise status
  Open from Monday 2nd December 2024 to Monday 2nd June 2025
  1,918 signatures

• Fund more training for police in dog control matters.
  Open from Monday 2nd December 2024 to Monday 2nd June 2025
  1,381 signatures

• Implement regular checks on the legal status of all visa holders in the UK.
  Open from Monday 2nd December 2024 to Monday 2nd June 2025
  168 signatures

• Conduct a review of immigration laws and their impact on BNO holders.
  Open from Friday 29th November 2024 to Thursday 29th May 2025
  113 signatures

• Drivers who hit cats in their car should stop and take the cat to a vet
  Open from Friday 29th November 2024 to Thursday 29th May 2025
  1,474 signatures

• Allow carers already in UK on sponsored visa to work for any CQC care provider
  Open from Thursday 28th November 2024 to Wednesday 28th May 2025
  11,542 signatures

• Allow healthcare surcharge to rollover if applicant hasn't used the NHS
  Open from Thursday 28th November 2024 to Wednesday 28th May 2025
  61 signatures

• Fund a scheme for 20 Years’ service Medals for PCSOs.
  Open from Thursday 28th November 2024 to Wednesday 28th May 2025
  3,461 signatures

• Make the sale of catapults/ammunition and carrying catapults in public illegal.
  Open from Wednesday 27th November 2024 to Tuesday 27th May 2025
  24,516 signatures

• Remove the ban on semi automatic firearms over .22 calibre.
  Open from Wednesday 27th November 2024 to Tuesday 27th May 2025
  337 signatures

• Require and fund all serving Police Dogs to have adequate protective equipment.
  Open from Wednesday 27th November 2024 to Tuesday 27th May 2025
  185 signatures

• Require police to delete data collected due to false allegations.
  Open from Wednesday 27th November 2024 to Tuesday 27th May 2025
  259 signatures

• Remove Universal Credit ‘Take-home Pay’ deductions for lone parent households
  Open from Tuesday 26th November 2024 to Monday 26th May 2025
  134 signatures

• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!
  Open from Tuesday 26th November 2024 to Monday 26th May 2025
  229,773 signatures

• Create dedicated section for UK passport holders at arrival in UK airports
  Open from Monday 25th November 2024 to Sunday 25th May 2025
  142 signatures

• Allow BN(O)s ETA-free entry
  Open from Friday 22nd November 2024 to Thursday 22nd May 2025
  12,186 signatures

• Protections for Migrant Workers in the Care Worker Visa Sponsorship System (COS)
  Open from Friday 22nd November 2024 to Thursday 22nd May 2025
  240 signatures

• Offer healthcare workers on tier2 visa ILR after 2 years instead of 5 years
  Open from Thursday 21st November 2024 to Wednesday 21st May 2025
  4,475 signatures

• Introduce 'Grow Your Own' Laws for Legal Medical Cannabis Patients (CBPM)
  Open from Wednesday 20th November 2024 to Tuesday 20th May 2025
  13,027 signatures

• Reclassify Ketamine as a Class A drug
  Open from Tuesday 19th November 2024 to Monday 19th May 2025
  2,199 signatures

• Reassess the classification of Cannabis and decriminalize it.
  Open from Thursday 14th November 2024 to Wednesday 14th May 2025
  5,494 signatures

• Lower the English language test exemption age for BNO visa holders from 65 to 60
  Open from Wednesday 13th November 2024 to Tuesday 13th May 2025
  1,762 signatures

• Don’t require health & care workers to update visa for additional work
  Open from Wednesday 13th November 2024 to Tuesday 13th May 2025
  70 signatures

• Launch strategy to involve female asylum seekers in reframing asylum policy
  Open from Tuesday 12th November 2024 to Monday 12th May 2025
  52 signatures

• Reduce the immigration health surcharge for family visas
  Open from Thursday 7th November 2024 to Wednesday 7th May 2025
  330 signatures

• Introduce a Long-Term Visit Visa for Parents of British Citizens and ILR Holders
  Open from Wednesday 6th November 2024 to Tuesday 6th May 2025
  4,611 signatures

• Require dating apps to ensure ID and DBS checks on users & ban violent offenders
  Open from Tuesday 5th November 2024 to Monday 5th May 2025
  1,216 signatures

• Recognise the Nikkah as a legal form of marriage
  Open from Friday 17th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  17 signatures

• Introduce specific ban on Nazi hate symbols, materials, slogans and gestures
  Open from Friday 17th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  2,139 signatures

• Require all police officers to be armed with taser devices
  Open from Wednesday 15th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  20 signatures

• Review police response to illegal use of cannabis
  Open from Tuesday 14th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  16 signatures

• Remove work restrictions for international students

• Remove work restrictions for international students
  Open from Tuesday 14th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  49 signatures

• Ban certain face coverings in public
  Open from Tuesday 14th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  55 signatures

• Negotiate with Ireland reciprocal visa free tourism travel for residents
  Open from Tuesday 14th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  224 signatures

• Ban NDAs & confidentiality clauses for bullying, discrimination & harassment
  Open from Friday 10th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  3,027 signatures

• Stop giving accommodation, financial support & healthcare to illegal immigrants
  Open from Wednesday 8th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  5,967 signatures

• Mandate national service for carrying a knife, with an annual knife amnesty
  Open from Tuesday 7th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  180 signatures

• Ban carrying all knives regardless of length in public and increase sentences
  Open from Thursday 2nd May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  12,119 signatures

• Add a recommended renewal date to UK Passports
  Open from Thursday 2nd May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  60 signatures

• Make the sex offenders list public
  Open from Thursday 2nd May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  40 signatures

• Extend planned offence of assaulting retail workers to all public-facing roles
  Open from Thursday 2nd May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  411 signatures

• Take action to increase awareness and support victims of emotional abuse
  Open from Tuesday 30th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  283 signatures

• Seek to rejoin the European Union
  Open from Tuesday 30th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  5,337 signatures

• Repeal the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act
  Open from Friday 26th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  180 signatures

• Investigate the high number of dead Black people found in Thames
  Open from Friday 26th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  20 signatures

• Review Police response and support for Domestic Violence Victims
  Open from Thursday 25th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  46 signatures

• Reduce the minimum salary requirement for the New Skilled Workers route of 2024
  Open from Thursday 25th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  38 signatures

• Give carers of disabled children a right to workplace adjustments
  Open from Wednesday 24th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  34 signatures

• Seek agreement with the Falklands to process illegal migrants there
  Open from Thursday 18th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  31 signatures

• Abolish the role of Police and Crime Commissioner in England and Wales
  Open from Wednesday 17th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  39 signatures

• Make it an offence for owners of dogs that attack not to exchange personal info
  Open from Tuesday 16th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  38 signatures

• Require lifetime on sex offenders register for any sexual offence
  Open from Tuesday 16th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  21 signatures

• Fund a pay rise for police officers, in line with national minimum wage increase
  Open from Monday 15th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  22 signatures

• Do not create a special visa/settlement scheme for individuals from Gaza
  Open from Monday 15th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  79 signatures

• Count time on a Graduate visa for ILR applications by Skilled Workers
  Open from Friday 12th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  58 signatures

• Seek to agree a Touring Music Visa Scheme with the EU
  Open from Tuesday 9th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  3,052 signatures

• Take action to pressure Russia and support refugees over anti-LGBTQ+ measures
  Open from Tuesday 9th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  25 signatures

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