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| + | |description=The UK governmental department that is responsible for policy issues surrounding immigration, passports, drugs, crime, the police and counterterrorism. | ||
| + | |subgroups=HM Passport Office, National Crime Agency, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, Animals in Science Committee, Disclosure and Barring Service, Gangmasters Licensing Authority, 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, Police Negotiating Board, Police Arbitration Tribunal, Police Discipline Appeals Tribunal, Security Industry Authority, Technical Advisory Board, UK Visas and Immigration | ||
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| + | The current leader of the Home Office is [[Theresa May]] (MP). <ref>[http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/ The Home Office: About us], The Home Office - accessed: 11 October 2009</ref> | ||
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]]. | 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]]. | ||
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The Home Office states that its aims and objectives are based on seven key issues:<ref>[http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/purpose-and-aims/?version=6 Our Objectives and Values], The Home Office - accessed: 11 October 2009</ref> | The Home Office states that its aims and objectives are based on seven key issues:<ref>[http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/purpose-and-aims/?version=6 Our Objectives and Values], The Home Office - accessed: 11 October 2009</ref> | ||
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* 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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Revision as of 05:00, 11 August 2014
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| Parent organization | UK |
| Subgroups | • HM Passport Office • National Crime Agency • HM Inspectorate of Constabulary • Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration • Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs • Animals in Science Committee • Disclosure and Barring Service • Gangmasters Licensing Authority • “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 • Police Negotiating Board • Police Arbitration Tribunal • Police Discipline Appeals Tribunal • Security Industry Authority • Technical Advisory Board • UK Visas and Immigration |
| Subpage | •UK/Home Office/Investigatory Powers Tribunal |
| The UK 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
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References
- ↑ The Home Office: About us, The Home Office - accessed: 11 October 2009
- ↑ Our Objectives and Values, The Home Office - accessed: 11 October 2009
