Home Office

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). The Home Office: About us, The Home Office - accessed: 11 October 2009
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:Our Objectives and Values, The Home Office - accessed: 11 October 2009 
* 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
*John Hayes - Minister of State for Security
*Mike Penning - Minister of State for Policing, Criminal Justice and Victims
*James Brokenshire - Minister of State for Immigration
*Karen Bradley - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Modern Slavery and Organised Crime)
*Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
====Former====
*Norman Baker - Minister of State for Crime Prevention
*Michael Bates - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Criminal Information
===Special Advisers===
*Stephen Parkinson - appointed as special adviser to Theresa May in July 2013, previous jobs include working at the well-connected lobbying agency Quiller and as national organiser of the victorious cross-party NO to AV campaign for the referendum in May 2011. Previously, Stephen worked at the Conservative Central Office, where he worked at the heart of the party's target seats campaign for the 2010 general election. Before that, he was director of research at the Centre for Policy Studies, the free market think-thank. Stephen first worked in the Conservative Research Department, covering the home affairs desk during the 2005 general election. Stephen Parkinson Zoominfo, accessed 6 October 2014 
*Alex Dawson - appointed as a spad to Theresa May in May 2015. Dawson is a former adviser to David Cameron and 10 Downing Street, helping the Prime Minister prep for PM Questions and taking charge of the party's research department.
*Liz Sanderson - appointed as a spad to Theresa May in May 2014. Previously a journalist at the Daily Mail.
====Former====
*Nick Timothy - was the Home Secretary’s special adviser from 2010 to 2015. Previous roles include deputy director of the Conservative Research Department (2007-10), where he helped to contribute to the 2010 general election manifesto and edited the 2010 edition of the ‘Campaign Guide’; Nick was a member of David Cameron’s PMQs team and the Party’s by-elections team. Earlier in his career Nick worked in the insurance industry. Nick Timothy University of Cambridge, accessed 6 October 2014 
*James Sorene
==Offices and units==
===Divisions===
Office for Countering Extremism | Office for Security and Counter Terrorism |
 
The Home Office orks with 30 agencies and public bodies Gov.uk Organisations. Accessed 29 April 2020.
===Executive non-departmental public body===
Disclosure and Barring Service 
Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority 
Independent Office for Police Conduct 
Office of the Immigration Services | Security Industry Authority 
===Advisory non-departmental public body===
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs 
Animals in Science Committee 
Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group 
Migration Advisory Committee 
Police Advisory Board for England and Wales 
Police Remuneration Review Body 
Technical Advisory Board 
===Tribunal===
Investigatory Powers Tribunal 
Police Discipline Appeals Tribunal 
===Independent monitoring body===
Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner 
===Other===
The Adjudicator’s Office 
Biometrics Commissioner 
College of Policing 
Commission for Countering Extremism 
Forensic Science Regulator 
HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services | 
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration 
Independent Family Returns Panel 
Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation | 
Investigatory Powers Commissioner's Office | 
National Counter Terrorism Security Office | 
National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body | 
Office for Communications Data Authorisations 
The Security Service | 
Surveillance Camera Commissioner
==Notes==
Category:UK Government Department Category: Counter-Terrorism