Home Office
The Home Office leads a national effort to protect the public from terror, crime and anti'social behaviour. We secure our borders and welcome legal migrants and visitors. We safeguard identity and citizenship. We help build the security, justice and respect that enable people to prosper in a free and tolerant society.
Contact information
- Address: 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF
- Website: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
- Telephone: 020 7035 4848
- Generic Email format: firstname.surname@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
Parliamentary Branch
All Correspondence enquiries
- Telephone: 020 7035 4848
0845 602 1739 / 0845 609 0395 (Immigration enquiries) - Fax: 020 7035 4745
MPs Correspondence enquiries
Enquiries from MPs should be sent to Ministers.HO@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
Enquiries relating to immigration and nationality issues should be directed to:
UK Border Agency
Apollo House
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Ministers
Jacqui Smith
Secretary of State for the Home Department: The Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP
Leads on:
- The Secretary of State holds overall responsibility for the business of the Department and its policies
- Crime reduction
- Security
- Counter-terrorism
- Immigration
- Civil emergencies
- Expenditure issues
Private Office to The Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP
Tony McNulty
Minister of State (Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing): The Rt Hon Tony McNulty MP
Leads on:
- Oversight and development of the Counter Terrorism Strategy
- Counter Terrorism legislation, including legal sanctions against terrorism
- Overall Crime Strategy
- The Police Service
- Reform of Crime Statistics
- International Policy for the Home Office, including relations with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Private Office to The Rt Hon Tony McNulty MP
Liam Byrne
Minister of State (Borders and Immigration) and Minister for the West Midlands: Liam Byrne MP
Leads on:
- Border control, immigration, asylum
- Nationality and citizenship
- Visas and biometric visas
- Managed migration, including Points-Based System
- Strategic oversight on Identity
- HO work on business and the economy
- Minister for the West Midlands
Private Office to Liam Byrne MP
Meg Hillier
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Identity): Meg Hillier MP
Key Responsibilities:
- Support to Minister of State on Immigration and Asylum
- Identity cards
- Criminal Records Bureau
- Safeguarding vulnerable people, including vetting and barring
- Refugee Integration and the wider ‘
newcomer agenda
’ - Race & Equality Issues
- Science, Technology and Research
- Local Government and local communities
- Home Office EU business
- Departmental lead on Freedom of Information, Correspondence and Environmental issues
Private Office to Meg Hillier MP
Vernon Coaker
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Crime Reduction): Vernon Coaker MP
Key Responsibilities:
- Crime Strategy Implementation
- Drugs and Alcohol Strategies
- Youth Crime
- Violent Crime, including guns, gangs, knives
- Anti-Social Behaviour
- Serious and Organised crime and asset recovery
- Sexual Offences, including Prostitution
- Domestic Violence, FGM and (domestic aspects of) Forced Marriage
- Child Abuse & Child Exploitation on the Internet
- Security Industry Authority
- Public order and football policing
- Home Office lead on Criminal Justice (member of National Criminal Justice Board)
- Support to Minister of State on policing, specifically neighbourhood policing and roads policing
Private Office to Vernon Coaker MP
Lord West
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Security and Counter-terrorism): The Lord West of Spithead GCB DSC
Key Responsibilities:
- Working with the Minister of State to develop the overall Counter Terrorism Strategy
- Implementation of the Counter Terrorism Strategy
- Counter-terrorism science and technology, including chemical, biological, nuclear and radiological preparation
- Olympic Security
- Extradition
- Judicial Co-operation
- All Home Office business in the House of Lords
Private Office to The Lord West of Spithead GCB DSC
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Private Office
Private Office to The Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP
Private Office to The Rt Hon Tony McNulty MP
Private Office to Liam Byrne MP
Private Office to Meg Hillier MP
Private Office to Vernon Coaker MP
Private Office to The Lord West of Spithead GCB DSC
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Executive Agencies
Criminal Records Bureau
An Executive Agency of the Home Office provides wider access to criminal record information through its Disclosure service. This service enables organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors to make safer recruitment decisions by identifying candidates who may be unsuitable for certain work, especially that involve children or vulnerable adults. The CRB was established under Part V of the Police Act 1997 and was launched in March 2002.
Parent Department: Home Office
Responsible Minister: Parliamentary Under'Secretary of State (Identity) (Meg Hillier MP)
Chief Executive: Vince Gaskell
Identity and Passport Service
The Identity and Passport Service was established as an Executive Agency of the Home Office on 1 April 2006. The Agency builds on the strong foundations of the UK Passport Service (UKPS) to provide passport services and in the future, as part of the National Identity Scheme, ID cards for British and Irish nationals resident in the UK. Foreign nationals resident in the UK will also be included by linking the scheme to biometric immigration documents.
The development of the National Identity Scheme builds on the changes being made to passports to provide a secure and straightforward way to safeguard personal identities from misuse.
- Address: Globe House, 6th Floor, 89 Ecclestone Square, London, SW1V 1PN
- Telephone: 020 7901 2400
- Fax: 020 7901 2425
- Website: www.ips.gov.uk
Parent Department: Home Office
Responsible Minister: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Identity) (Meg Hillier MP)
Chief Executive: James Hall
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UK Border Agency
The UK Border Agency is responsible for securing the United Kingdom borders and controlling migration in the United Kingdom. We manage border control for the United Kingdom, enforcing immigration and customs regulations. We also consider applications for permission to enter or stay in the United Kingdom, citizenship and asylum.
Parent Department: Home Office
Responsible Minister: Minister of State (Borders and Immigration) and Minister for the West Midlands
Chief Executive: Lin Homer
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