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A Home Office Immigration Enforcement vehicle in north London. The Home Office ( HO ), also known (especially in official papers and when referred to in Parliament) as the Home Department, [2] is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for immigration, security, and law and order.
Foreign UK Government logo. Foreign Office, London. As of 2019, there are around 120 government ministers supported by 560,000 civil servants and other staff working in the 25 ministerial departments and their executive agencies. There are also an additional 20 non-ministerial departments with a range of further responsibilities.
The then Home Secretary, Theresa May, announced the abolition of the UK Border Agency on 26 March 2013, with the intention that its work would be returned to the Home Office. The agency's executive agency status was removed, and internally it was split, with one division responsible for the visa system and the other for immigration enforcement.
t. e. The secretary of state for the Home Department, more commonly known as the Home Secretary, is a senior minister of the Crown in the Government of the United Kingdom and the head of the Home Office. [3] The position is a Great Office of State, making the home secretary one of the most senior and influential ministers in the government.
v. t. e. The Government of the United Kingdom is divided into departments that each have responsibility, according to the government, for putting government policy into practice. [1] There are currently 24 ministerial departments, 20 non-ministerial departments, and 422 agencies and other public bodies, for a total of 465 departments. [2]
gov.uk (styled on the site as GOV.UK) is a United Kingdom public sector information website, created by the Government Digital Service to provide a single point of access to HM Government services. The site launched as a beta on 31 January 2012, [1] [2] following on from the AlphaGov project. The website uses a modified digital version of the ...
Homeland Security Group (previously named Office for Security and Counter Terrorism) is an executive directorate of the UK government Home Office, created in 2007, [1] responsible for leading the work on counter-terrorism in the UK, working closely with the police and security services. The office reports to the Home Secretary, and to the ...
Between 1990 and 2017 UK governments spent at least £630m on public inquiries, [4] with most expensive being the Bloody Sunday Inquiry costing £210.6 million. [4] [5] Most public inquiries take about two years to complete their work. [4] The Hammond Inquiry into ministerial conduct relating to the Hinduja affair in 2001 has been the shortest ...