Home Office
The Home Office (HO) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for immigration, security and law and order in the U.K.
| Home Office | |
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| 2 Marsham Street, the headquarters of the Home Office | |
| Department overview | |
| Formed | 27 March 1782 |
| Jurisdiction | United Kingdom (but in respect of most policing and justice matters: England and Wales only) |
| Headquarters | 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF |
| Annual budget | £10.8 billion (current) and £500 million (capital) in 2018–19[1] |
| Minister responsible | Suella Braverman, Home Secretary |
| Agency executive | Matthew Rycroft, Permanent Secretary |
| Website | |
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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. The Cabinet minister responsible for the department is the Home Secretary, currently Priti Patel.
The Home Office, which is considered to be one of the Great Offices of State, is known, in official papers and in Parliament, as the Home Department.[2]
Home Office Media
The former Home Office building at 50 Queen Anne's Gate, London
Lunar House in Croydon, which holds the headquarters of UK Visas and Immigration
References
- ↑ Budget 2018 (PDF). London: HM Treasury. 2018. pp. 23–24. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ↑ Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Commons, Westminster (9 June 2008). "Hansard – Oral Questions to the Home Department – 9 June 2008". Publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
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