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The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for security and order. As such it is responsible for the police, fire services and MI5. It also in charge of government policy on security-related issues such as drugs, counter-terrorism and ID cards. It was formerly responsible for the prison service and probation service, but these are now under a newly created Ministry of Justice.
It continues to be known, especially in official papers and when referred to in Parliament, by its former title, the Home Department.
Organisation
On 28 March 2007 it was announced that the Department for Constitutional Affairs would take control of probation, prisons and prevention of re-offending in England and Wales from the Home Office and be renamed the Ministry of Justice. This took effect on 9 May 2007.
Objectives of the Home Office
The Home Office has the following stated objectives:
- To cut crime, especially violent and drug-related crime
- To ensure people feel safer in their homes and daily lives, particularly through more visible, responsive and accountable policing
- To protect the UK from terrorist attack
- To rebalance the criminal justice system in favour of the law-abiding majority and victims
- To manage offenders in order to protect the public and reduce re-offending
- To secure the borders of the United Kingdom, prevent abuse of immigration laws and manage migration to the benefit of the UK.
Ministers
- (as of 3 October 2008)
- Secretary of State for the Home Department (aka the "Home Secretary"): The Rt Hon. Jacqui Smith, MP
- Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing : Vernon Coaker, MP
- Minister of State for Borders and Immigration: Phil Woolas, MP (jointly with HM Treasury
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime: Alan Campbell, MP
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Identity : Meg Hillier, MP
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Security and Counter Terrorism: Admiral The Lord West of Spithead, GCB, DSC
History
To match the new names, there was a transferring of responsibilities between the two Departments of State. All domestic responsibilities were moved to the Home Office, and all foreign matters became the concern of the Foreign Office.
Most subsequently created domestic departments (excluding, for instance, those dealing with education) have been formed by splitting responsibilities away from the Home Office.
