Home Office
The Home Office is a United Kingdom government department, responsible for internal affairs, such as law and order throughout England and Wales. It continues to be known, especially in official papers, as in former times as the Home Department.
Ministers as of 21 August 2003
Departmental agencies
- Assets Recovery Agency headed by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Tackling Drugs, Reducing Organised and International Crime)
- Criminal Records Bureau headed by the Minister of State (Criminal Justice System and Law Reform)
- Forensic Science Service headed by the Minister of State (Crime Reduction, Policing and Community Safety)
- HM Prison Service headed by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Correctional Services and Reducing Reoffending)
- UK Passport Service headed by the Minister of State (Citizenship, Immigration and Counter-Terrorism)
Location
The Home Office is located in a singular concrete tower block in Queen Anne's Gate in Westminster, by St. James's Park tube station, although many functions are devolved to offices in other parts of London and the country. Notably, the offices of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate are in Croydon. The Home Office will move to a new main office in Marsham Street, on the site of the recently demolished Department of the Environment building.
See also
