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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• Remove Clause 9 from the Nationality and Borders Bill
  Open from Monday 29th November 2021 to Sunday 29th May 2022
  327,122 signatures

• Do not restrict our rights to peaceful protest.
  Open from Tuesday 16th March 2021 to Thursday 16th September 2021
  256,643 signatures

• Make LGBT conversion therapy illegal in the UK
  Open from Friday 13th March 2020 to Sunday 13th September 2020
  256,387 signatures

• Waive visa requirement for Ukrainian refugees.
  Open from Monday 28th February 2022 to Sunday 28th August 2022
  188,655 signatures

• Release the Home Office's Grooming Gang Review in full
  Open from Thursday 5th March 2020 to Saturday 5th September 2020
  131,622 signatures

• Take action to stop illegal immigration and rapidly remove illegal immigrants
  Open from Wednesday 8th July 2020 to Friday 8th January 2021
  126,439 signatures

• Do not give consent for another Scottish Independence Referendum
  Open from Tuesday 26th January 2021 to Monday 26th July 2021
  112,233 signatures

• Make it a criminal offence for MPs to mislead the public
  Open from Monday 30th November 2020 to Sunday 30th May 2021
  110,966 signatures

• VALERIE'S LAW Compulsory Training for Agencies Supporting Black DV Victims
  Open from Friday 30th April 2021 to Saturday 30th October 2021
  106,206 signatures

• Provide more funding for stalking advocates for victims of stalking
  Open from Tuesday 3rd August 2021 to Thursday 3rd February 2022
  105,727 signatures

• Tom’s Law - Give police the power to suspend driving licences
  Open from Friday 25th September 2020 to Thursday 25th March 2021
  104,865 signatures

• Create a Palestinian Family Visa Scheme for Palestinian people affected by war
  Open from Wednesday 18th October 2023 to Thursday 18th April 2024
  103,823 signatures

• Grant an urgent Amnesty to Undocumented Migrants living in the UK
  Open from Thursday 14th January 2021 to Wednesday 14th July 2021
  103,440 signatures

• Ban commercial breeding for laboratories. Implement reform to approve & use NAMs
  Open from Monday 28th March 2022 to Wednesday 12th October 2022
  102,229 signatures

• Create a Turkish Family Scheme visa for people homeless due to the earthquake
  Open from Thursday 9th February 2023 to Wednesday 9th August 2023
  82,718 signatures

• Don’t increase the income requirement for family visas to £38,700
  Opened on Wednesday 13th December 2023
  75,760 signatures so far

• Give non-British citizens who are NHS workers automatic citizenship
  Open from Tuesday 7th April 2020 to Wednesday 7th October 2020
  72,623 signatures

• Fund pay rise for police officers in line with inflation, plus 1%
  Open from Friday 22nd April 2022 to Saturday 5th November 2022
  68,061 signatures

• Amend PCSC Bill to withdraw power to seize vehicles used as mobile homes
  Open from Wednesday 16th June 2021 to Thursday 16th December 2021
  54,376 signatures

• Ban all animal experiments & redirect Government funding to human-based research
  Open from Thursday 9th December 2021 to Thursday 9th June 2022
  51,469 signatures

• Make abuse or violence towards retail workers a standalone criminal offence
  Open from Monday 9th October 2023 to Tuesday 9th April 2024
  47,129 signatures

• Revoke rules for refusing or cancelling permission to stay for rough sleepers
  Open from Wednesday 2nd December 2020 to Wednesday 2nd June 2021
  41,182 signatures

• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years.
  Opened on Monday 18th December 2023
  40,688 signatures so far

• Revoke the right of registered sex offenders to change their name by deed poll
  Open from Wednesday 22nd July 2020 to Friday 22nd January 2021
  37,400 signatures

• Deport all foreign and dual nationals imprisoned for a year or more
  Open from Thursday 14th September 2023 to Thursday 14th March 2024
  37,021 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

• Make it legal to carry non-lethal self defence weapons
  Open from Wednesday 10th March 2021 to Friday 10th September 2021
  35,616 signatures

• Reduce Indefinite leave to remain fees from £2389 to £243 for Health workers
  Open from Tuesday 4th January 2022 to Monday 4th July 2022
  34,393 signatures

• We the British People Request a Public Inquiry into Grooming Gangs
  Open from Wednesday 5th August 2020 to Friday 5th February 2021
  31,209 signatures

• Ban the sale of used power tools at car boot sales and markets
  Opened on Wednesday 3rd April 2024
  30,533 signatures so far

• Grant British citizenship to all people in the UK during the Pandemic.
  Open from Friday 29th May 2020 to Sunday 29th November 2020
  29,912 signatures

• Deny Sex Offenders the right to apply for removal from the Sex Offender Register
  Open from Friday 10th February 2023 to Thursday 10th August 2023
  29,313 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 all police officers to take Anti-Racism education
  Open from Tuesday 16th June 2020 to Wednesday 16th December 2020
  27,846 signatures

• Seek visa-free travel to Europe for BRP holders
  Open from Monday 27th March 2023 to Wednesday 27th September 2023
  25,638 signatures

• Create an earned amnesty route for migrants without leave to remain
  Open from Tuesday 24th March 2020 to Thursday 24th September 2020
  24,242 signatures

• Fund additional support for victims of COVID19 racism and anti-racism programmes
  Open from Friday 12th March 2021 to Sunday 12th September 2021
  22,475 signatures

• Lower the cost of British Citizenship applications to £372.
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  21,455 signatures

• An public inquiry into the causes surrounding missing Black people
  Open from Friday 23rd April 2021 to Saturday 23rd October 2021
  21,217 signatures

• Process all asylum seekers off-shore using foreign aid budget
  Open from Monday 28th June 2021 to Tuesday 28th December 2021
  20,932 signatures

• Give Ukrainians on humanitarian visas rights to extend stay and settle in the UK
  Open from Thursday 9th February 2023 to Wednesday 9th August 2023
  20,659 signatures

• Allow Palestinian Children to Enter the UK During Ongoing Conflict
  Opened on Thursday 26th October 2023
  18,711 signatures so far

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

• Allow the British public to vote on the legalisation of cannabis
  Open from Friday 10th July 2020 to Sunday 10th January 2021
  18,245 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 chanting about tragedies and death at a football match a criminal offence
  Open from Wednesday 5th April 2023 to Thursday 5th October 2023
  17,922 signatures

• Extend the 12month 'giving notice' period for weddings postponed due to COVID-19
  Open from Thursday 14th May 2020 to Saturday 14th November 2020
  17,242 signatures

• Ban wearing face coverings in public places.
  Open from Tuesday 10th March 2020 to Thursday 10th September 2020
  16,983 signatures

• Fund free drink spiking test kits for all bars
  Open from Tuesday 21st September 2021 to Monday 21st March 2022
  16,536 signatures

• Allow people to stay in the UK if their employer’s sponsor license is withdrawn
  Opened on Friday 22nd March 2024
  16,512 signatures so far

• Reduce or scrap the immigration health surcharge for overseas NHS Staff.
  Open from Wednesday 18th March 2020 to Friday 18th September 2020
  16,347 signatures

• Give the British Nationals (Overseas) of Hong Kong full British citizenship.
  Open from Thursday 5th March 2020 to Saturday 5th September 2020
  16,082 signatures

• Amnesty for UK undocumented immigrants in this COVID-19 World pandemic
  Open from Friday 22nd May 2020 to Sunday 22nd November 2020
  16,054 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

• 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

• Offer Indefinite Leave to Remain to all NHS and social care workers
  Open from Monday 4th January 2021 to Sunday 4th July 2021
  15,942 signatures

• Make Graduate visa extendable and count towards permanent residency
  Open from Friday 22nd April 2022 to Saturday 5th November 2022
  15,760 signatures

• Make cannabis legal for recreational use for ages 21+
  Open from Thursday 5th March 2020 to Saturday 5th September 2020
  15,680 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

• Extended Visas indefinitely for International Students.
  Open from Monday 6th April 2020 to Tuesday 6th October 2020
  15,320 signatures

• Extend proposed Graduate visa route to 2019-20 batch of students due to COVID19
  Open from Friday 15th May 2020 to Sunday 15th November 2020
  15,026 signatures

• Automatically grant indefinite leave to remain for parents of British citizens
  Open from Friday 12th June 2020 to Saturday 12th December 2020
  13,866 signatures

• Suspend No Recourse to Public Funds visa conditions
  Open from Tuesday 23rd February 2021 to Monday 23rd August 2021
  13,855 signatures

• Do not enforce a compulsory quarantine on people arriving in the UK
  Open from Thursday 28th May 2020 to Saturday 28th November 2020
  13,147 signatures

• Allow Serbian citizens to visit the UK for up to 90 days without a visa
  Open from Friday 14th April 2023 to Saturday 14th October 2023
  13,101 signatures

• Leave the 1951 Refugee Convention and 1967 Protocol & revoke the Immigration Act
  Open from Monday 19th April 2021 to Tuesday 19th October 2021
  13,044 signatures

• Stop the government's 'one way ticket' plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda
  Open from Tuesday 19th April 2022 to Wednesday 2nd November 2022
  12,967 signatures

• Remove single person protest clauses in Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill
  Open from Tuesday 16th March 2021 to Thursday 16th September 2021
  12,869 signatures

• Reinstate the pre-2012 Overseas Domestic Worker visa with a route to settlement
  Open from Thursday 27th August 2020 to Saturday 27th February 2021
  12,720 signatures

• Introduce 'Grow Your Own' Laws for Legal Medical Cannabis Patients (CBPM)
  Open from Tuesday 4th April 2023 to Wednesday 4th October 2023
  12,646 signatures

• Require sex of VATP & sexual offenders be recorded throughout justice system.
  Open from Wednesday 7th July 2021 to Friday 7th January 2022
  12,484 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

• Allow Healthcare Workers on skilled worker visas to work for any employer
  Open from Thursday 27th April 2023 to Friday 27th October 2023
  11,829 signatures

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

• Allow those already in the UK switching to care visa to bring dependants
  Opened on Wednesday 28th February 2024
  11,813 signatures so far

• Do not pass the Covert Human Intelligence Sources Criminal Conduct Bill
  Open from Tuesday 13th October 2020 to Tuesday 13th April 2021
  11,755 signatures

• Reduce the minimum time required for ILR to 3 years for non-UK NHS workers
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  11,566 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

• Increase staffing to reduce waiting times for visas
  Open from Tuesday 3rd May 2022 to Thursday 17th November 2022
  11,387 signatures

• Extension for Commonwealth Citizens on Tier 5 Youth Mobility Visas
  Open from Monday 20th July 2020 to Wednesday 20th January 2021
  11,214 signatures

• Stop nitrous oxide (N2O / laughing gas) abuse in our communities.
  Open from Monday 16th March 2020 to Wednesday 16th September 2020
  11,081 signatures

• Publish daily updates on the number of Channel crossings
  Open from Monday 31st January 2022 to Sunday 31st July 2022
  11,067 signatures

• Create an Official Racial Offenders Register/Scheme
  Open from Thursday 16th July 2020 to Saturday 16th January 2021
  10,977 signatures

• Offer fast track asylum to any Ukrainians displaced due to the invasion
  Open from Monday 28th February 2022 to Sunday 28th August 2022
  10,930 signatures

• Make the sale of catapults/ammunition and carrying catapults in public illegal
  Opened on Wednesday 20th December 2023
  10,849 signatures so far

• Do not pass the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  10,842 signatures

• Amnesty for undocumented migrants after 10 years and reduce 20 year ILR rule
  Open from Monday 26th July 2021 to Wednesday 26th January 2022
  10,697 signatures

• Exempt Commonwealth Service Personnel having to pay fees to remain in the UK
  Open from Tuesday 17th March 2020 to Thursday 17th September 2020
  10,543 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

• Investigate massive delays and inconsistencies within the Passport Office
  Open from Tuesday 22nd February 2022 to Monday 22nd August 2022
  10,191 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

• Include Windrush generations in British Nationality Act Remedial Order
  Open from Monday 10th August 2020 to Wednesday 10th February 2021
  10,059 signatures

• Revoke citizenship/benefits from anyone who supports or has supported terrorism
  Opened on Monday 13th November 2023
  9,684 signatures so far

• Give British Nationals (Overseas) immediate entitlement to British citizenship
  Opened on Monday 18th March 2024
  9,391 signatures so far

• Ban attempting to religiously convert or “revert” a child without parent consent
  Opened on Monday 4th March 2024
  9,143 signatures so far

• Take action to make entering the UK illegally extremely unattractive for adults
  Open from Monday 15th November 2021 to Sunday 15th May 2022
  8,788 signatures

• Don't criminalise paying for sex.
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  8,562 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

• Legalise growing cannabis plants in a person’s home for personal use
  Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
  8,108 signatures

• Include Latinx/Hispanic as an ethnic group in the 2021 census
  Open from Monday 14th December 2020 to Monday 14th June 2021
  7,658 signatures

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