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The Home Office building at 2 Marsham Street, London
The Home Office building at 2 Marsham Street, London

The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for security and order. 2 Marsham Street is the headquarters of the Home Office branch of the British Government as of March 2005 London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom contains a number of Ministers and Secretaries of State. As such it is responsible for the police, fire services and MI5. Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force Firefighters are rescuers extensively trained primarily to put out hazardous Fires that threaten civilian populations and property to rescue people from car accidents collapsed Furthermore it is responsible for government policy on security-related issues such as drugs, counter-terrorism and ID cards. It was formerly responsible for the prison service and probation serivce, but these are now under a newly created Ministry of Justice. "HM Prison" redirects here For prisons in Australia see List of Australian prisons.

The Home Office is one of the most important of the United Kingdom government departments. Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom contains a number of Ministers and Secretaries of State.

It continues to be known, especially in official papers, by its former title, the Home Department.

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Organisation

Lunar House in Croydon, which holds the headquarters of the Home Office UK Border Agency
Lunar House in Croydon, which holds the headquarters of the Home Office UK Border Agency

The Home Office is currently undergoing a major reform programme, following well-publicised issues in early 2006. Lunar House is a 20-storey office block at 40 Wellesley Road, Croydon, on the east side and houses the headquarters of the UK Border Agency, an executive Croydon is a large town and major commercial centre in South London, and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Croydon. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. This is the current organisation of the Home Office, but is likely to change. It is also immensely complex as there are many sub-groups within the Home Office, such as the UK Border Agency, who look after inward migration and asylum applications to the United Kingdom. The UK Border Agency came into existence 1 April 2008. Formed as a result of a Cabinet Office report a decision was taken to merge the Border The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Home Office is also responsible for the Counter-Terrorism and Intelligence Directorate and the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism, which manage the UK's response to terrorist incidents through the emergency and security services, and develops legislation relating to terrorism. Security services are State institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature but also including Protective security intelligence Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion

On 28 March 2007 it was announced that the Department for Constitutional Affairs would take control of probation, prisons and prevention of re-offending in England and Wales from the Home Office and be renamed the Ministry of Justice. The Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA was a United Kingdom government department. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Ministry of Justice has been a department of the government of the United Kingdom since 2007 [1] This took effect on 9th May 2007.

Objectives of the Home Office

The Home Office has the following stated objectives[2]:

Ministers

(as of 29 June 2007)[3]

History

On March 27, 1782, the Home Office was formed by renaming the existing Southern Department, with all existing staff transferring. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office Jacqueline Jill "Jacqui" Smith (born 3 November 1962 is a British Politician for the Labour Party. Minister of State is a title borne by politicians or officials in certain countries governed under a Parliamentary system. Anthony James "Tony" McNulty (born 3 November 1958, London) is a politician in the United Kingdom. Minister of State is a title borne by politicians or officials in certain countries governed under a Parliamentary system. HM Treasury, in full Her Majesty's Treasury, informally The Treasury, is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and executing Liam Dominic Byrne (born 2 October 1970 is a British Labour Party politician A Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, in the United Kingdom government structure is a minister who is junior to a Minister of State who is in turn Vernon Rodney Coaker (born June 17, 1953, London) is the Labour Member of Parliament for Gedling in Nottinghamshire A Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, in the United Kingdom government structure is a minister who is junior to a Minister of State who is in turn Margaret Olivia Hillier known as Meg Hillier (born 14 February 1969) is a British Politician and Labour and Co-operative A Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, in the United Kingdom government structure is a minister who is junior to a Minister of State who is in turn Admiral Alan William John West Baron West of Spithead GCB, DSC (born 21 April 1948) is a Parliamentary Under-Secretary Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Southern Department was a former department of the government of England and later the United Kingdom. On the same day, the Northern Department was renamed the Foreign Office. The Northern Department was a former department of the government of England and later the United Kingdom, responsible for dealing with government business in the The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO, is the British government department responsible for promoting

To match the new names, there was a transferring of responsibilities between the two Departments of State. All domestic responsibilities were moved to the Home Office, and all foreign matters became the concern of the Foreign Office.

Most subsequently created domestic departments (excluding, for instance, those dealing with education) have been formed by splitting responsibilities away from the Home Office.

The initial responsibilities were:

Responsibilities were subsequently changed over the years that followed[4]:

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Permanent Under Secretaries of State of the Home Office

Departmental agencies

Location

The former Home Office building at 50 Queen Anne's Gate, London
The former Home Office building at 50 Queen Anne's Gate, London

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In Spring 2005, the Home Office moved to a new main office designed by Sir Terry Farrell at 2 Marsham Street, Westminster, on the site of the demolished Marsham Towers building of the Department of the Environment. Sir Terry Farrell (born 1939 is a leading English Architect. His typical style is a combination of high tech and Post-modernism. 2 Marsham Street is the headquarters of the Home Office branch of the British Government as of March 2005 The Marsham Towers were three towers situated on the corner of Marsham Street and Great Peter Street in Westminster, London. [5] The contract to build the new headquarters was a public-private partnership deal intended to last for around 29 years. Public-private partnership ( PPP) describes a government service or private business venture which is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more

References

  1. ^ Home Office Split BBC News Online
  2. ^ Home Office aims
  3. ^ Home Office Ministers
  4. ^ Changes to Home Office responsibilities
  5. ^ New Home Office building

See also

External links

In the United Kingdom, HOLMES 2, the successor to HOLMES (the Home Office Large Major Enquiry System) is an IT system used by the police Sir (Edward John Watson Gieve KCB (born 20 February 1950) is Deputy Governor for Financial Stability of the Bank of England and an ex officio The Ministry of Home Security was a British Government department established in 1939 to direct national Civil defence (primarily air-raid defences The United Kingdom budget in the field of Public finance deals with HM Treasury Budgeting the Revenues gathered by Her Majesty's Revenue and

Dictionary

Home Office

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  1. (UK) The British government department responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales; headed by the Home Secretary
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