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Home Office
Summary
The Home Office (HO), also known (especially in official papers and when referred to in Parliament) as the Home Department, is a ministerial department of the British Government, responsible for immigration, security, and law and order. As such, it is responsible for policing in England and Wales, fire and rescue services in England, visas and immigration, and the Security Service (MI5). It is also in charge of government policy on security-related issues such as drugs, counter-terrorism, and ID cards. It was formerly responsible for His Majesty's Prison Service and the National Probation Service, but these have been transferred to the Ministry of Justice.
The Cabinet minister responsible for the department is the Home Secretary, a post considered one of the Great Offices of State; it has been held since October 2022 by Rt Hon Suella Braverman MP. The Home Office is managed from day to day by a civil servant, the Permanent Under-Secretary of State of the Home Office.
The expenditure, administration, and policy of the Home Office are scrutinised by the Home Affairs Select Committee.
The Home Office is headed by the Home Secretary, a Cabinet minister supported by the department's senior civil servant, the permanent secretary.
As of October 2014, the Home Office comprises the following organisations:
National Crime Agency (NCA)
Security Service (MI5)
HM Inspectorate of Constabulary
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration
Independent Office for Police Conduct and other oversight bodies
HM Chief Inspector of Fire Services
Border Force
HM Passport Office
Immigration Enforcement
Corporate Services
UK Visas and Immigration
Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
Animals in Science Committee
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), formerly the Independent Police Complaints Commission
Investigatory Powers Tribunal
Migration Advisory Committee
National DNA Database Ethics Group
Office of Surveillance Commissioners
Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
Police Advisory Board for England and Wales
Police Discipline Appeals Tribunal
Police Remuneration Review Body
Security Industry Authority (SIA)
Surveillance Camera Commissioner
Technical Advisory Board
A number of functions of the National Policing Improvement Agency were transferred to the Home Office in October 2012, ahead of the future abolition of the agency.
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