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* Safeguard people's identity and the privileges of citizenship
 
* Safeguard people's identity and the privileges of citizenship
 
* Work with our partners to build an efficient, effective and proportionate criminal justice system
 
* Work with our partners to build an efficient, effective and proportionate criminal justice system
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==People==
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===Ministers===
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*[[Theresa May]] - Secretary of State for the Home Department
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*[[Norman Baker]] - Minister of State for Crime Prevention
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*[[James Brokenshire]] - Minister for Security and Immigration
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*[[Mike Penning]] - Minister of State for Policing, Criminal Justice and Victims
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*[[Karen Bradley]] - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Modern Slavery and Organised Crime)
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*[[Michael Bates]] - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Criminal Information
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===Special Advisers===
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*[[Nick Timothy]]
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*[[Stephen Parkinson]]
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Revision as of 10:27, 30 September 2014

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This article is part of the Counter-Terrorism Portal project of Spinwatch.

The Home Office is a leading British governmental department that is responsible for policy issues surrounding immigration, passports, drugs, crime, the police and counterterrorism. The current leader of the Home Office is Theresa May (MP). [1]

The Home Office has two main sister departments that are involved in work surrounding immigration, passports and counterterrorism. These are: the Identity and Passport Service and the UK Border Agency.

Goals

The Home Office states that its aims and objectives are based on seven key issues:[2]

  • Help people feel safer in their homes and local communities
  • Support visible, responsive and accountable policing
  • Protect the public from terrorist attack
  • Cut crime, especially violent, drug and alcohol-related crime
  • Strengthen our borders, fast track asylum decisions, ensure and enforce compliance with our immigration laws, and boost Britain's economy
  • Safeguard people's identity and the privileges of citizenship
  • Work with our partners to build an efficient, effective and proportionate criminal justice system

People

Ministers

  • Theresa May - Secretary of State for the Home Department
  • Norman Baker - Minister of State for Crime Prevention
  • James Brokenshire - Minister for Security and Immigration
  • Mike Penning - Minister of State for Policing, Criminal Justice and Victims
  • Karen Bradley - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Modern Slavery and Organised Crime)
  • Michael Bates - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Criminal Information

Special Advisers

Notes

  1. The Home Office: About us, The Home Office - accessed: 11 October 2009
  2. Our Objectives and Values, The Home Office - accessed: 11 October 2009