The first duty of the government is to keep citizens safe and the country secure. The Home Office has been at the front line of this endeavour since 1782. As such, the Home Office plays a fundamental role in the security and economic prosperity of the United Kingdom.
Rt Hon Priti Patel MP
Home Secretary
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Oral Answers to Questions is a regularly scheduled appearance where the Secretary of State and junior minister will answer at the Dispatch Box questions from backbench MPs
Other Commons Chamber appearances can be:Westminster Hall debates are performed in response to backbench MPs or e-petitions asking for a Minister to address a detailed issue
Written Statements are made when a current event is not sufficiently significant to require an Oral Statement, but the House is required to be informed.
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| Jul. 13 | Oral Questions | Oral Answers to Questions |
| Jul. 22 | Urgent Questions | Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia Report |
| Mar. 18 | Westminster Hall | Organised Crime in Rural Areas |
| Jul. 21 | Adjournment Debate | Misuse of Nitrous Oxide |
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| Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) Act 2020 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 8 June, 2020 | 24 Jun 2020, 5:38 p.m. | ||
| To provide for the payment out of money provided by Parliament of expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State or a government department under, or in connection with, the Windrush Compensation Scheme. | ||||
| Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL] 2019-21 | Report stage: House of Commons 8 September, 2020 | 11 Sep 2020, 12:21 a.m. | ||
| A bill to create a power of arrest, without warrant, for the purpose of extraditing people for serious offences | ||||
| Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill 2019-21 | Committee: 4th sitting (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords 16 September, 2020 |
Report stage: House of Lords 30 Sep 2020 |
17 Sep 2020, 7:12 p.m. | |
| A Bill to make provision to end rights to free movement of persons under retained EU law and to repeal other retained EU law relating to immigration; to confer power to modify retained direct EU legislation relating to social security co-ordination; and for connected purposes. | ||||
| Fire Safety Bill 2019-21 | 1st reading (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords 8 September, 2020 | 15 Sep 2020, 6:50 p.m. | ||
| A Bill to make provision about the application of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 where a building contains two or more sets of domestic premises; and to confer power to amend that order in future for the purposes of changing the premises to which it applies. | ||||
| Domestic Abuse Bill 2019-21 | 1st reading (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords 7 July, 2020 | 15 Jul 2020, 9:33 p.m. | ||
| To make provision in relation to domestic abuse; to make provision for and in connection with the establishment of a Domestic Abuse Commissioner; to prohibit cross-examination in person in family proceedings in certain circumstances; to make provision about certain violent or sexual offences, and offences involving other abusive behaviour, committed outside the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes. | ||||
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Laid 10 Sep 2020 In Force 1 Oct 2020 |
Home Office | Coronavirus (Retention of Fingerprints and DNA Profiles in the Interests of National Security) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation | Made negative procedure |
| These Regulations provide for extension of the time limits that apply to the retention of certain fingerprints or DNA profiles. The Regulations apply in respect of fingerprints or DNA profiles that are retained under certain counter-terrorism provisions, or that may otherwise be relevant to the interests of national security. | |||
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Laid 10 Sep 2020 In Force 5 Oct 2020 |
Home Office | Immigration and Nationality (Replacement of Tier 4 and Fees) and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation | Made negative procedure |
| These Regulations amend the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Part V Exemption: Licensed Sponsors Tiers 2 and 4) Order 2009 (“the 2009 Order”), the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2018 (“the Immigration Fees Regulations”) and the Passport (Fees) Regulations 2018 (“the Passport Fees Regulations”). | |||
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598,254 Petition Closed |
Ban all ISIS members from returning to UK Gov Responded - 27 Nov 2018 Debated on - 18 Mar 2019 |
6 May 2019 closed 1 year, 4 months ago |
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Ban all ISIS members from returning to the UK, remove their citizenship and passports |
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72,449 c. 394 added daily |
79,729 (Estimated) |
Give non-British citizens who are NHS workers automatic citizenship Sign this petition Gov Responded - 6 May 2020 Debated on - 25 Jun 2020 |
7 Oct 2020 closes in 2 weeks, 4 days |
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Give NHS workers who are EU and other Nationals automatic UK citizenship if they stay and risk their own lives looking after the British people during the COVID crisis. |
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71,178 Petition Closed |
Introduce automatic approval of visit visas for families of British Citizens Gov Responded - 22 Jan 2018 Debated on - 9 Jul 2018 |
6 Jun 2018 closed 2 years, 3 months ago |
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Family members of UK Citizens shouldn’t have to meet the same criteria as other applicants for a visit visa. Not being a citizen doesn’t make our parent, siblings, children or grandchildren any less a part of our family. The only requirement should be that a British relative sponsors them. |
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Select Committees are a formally established cross-party group of backbench MPs tasked with holding a Government department to account.
At any time there will be number of ongoing investigations into the work of the Department, or issues which fall within the oversight of the Department. Witnesses can be summoned from within the Government and outside to assist in these inquiries, and the Select Committee will occasionally publish formal reports of their findings.
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| Sep. 17 | Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000, quarterly update to June 2020 | Statistics |
| Sep. 17 | Modern Slavery: National Referral Mechanism and Duty to Notify Statistics UK, Quarter 2 2020 – April to June | Statistics |
| Sep. 15 | Circular 008/2018: Criminal Finances Act: extending the moratorium period for suspicious activity reports | News and Communications |
Written Questions are submitted by Members of Parliament and the House of Lords to receive information or updates from a Department.
Departments are required to respond in a timely fashion and provide a response or requested information. Written Questions can compel detailed and specific information to be produced, and are frequently used as the source of news stories about the work of a Department.
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| 17 Sep 2020, 5:56 p.m. | Immigration Controls: Ports | Karen Bradley |
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Question To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on introducing automated exit checks for people departing the UK; and whether exit checks will be carried out on (a) all travellers and (b) at all ports from 1 January 2021. Answer (Kevin Foster) We re-introduced exit checks in April 2015 to further complement our work on border security, plus support the Home Office’s wider work to deal with illegal immigration. The vast majority of passengers leaving the country on scheduled commercial international air, sea and rail routes now go through exit checks. The data collected is already providing the police and security services with information to help track the movements of known criminals and terrorists. Border Force hold data for outbound alerts issued by Border Force at the National Border Targeting Centre (NBTC). However, we do not hold a breakdown of the data in the format requested. A variety of agencies, including Border Force, undertake in person outbound interventions, as a result of this activity there is no single record held on their respective outcomes. Government is working to ensure all parties including other government departments, traders, industry and passengers are prepared for the changes which will come into effect at the UK border on 1 January 2021. |
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