Home Office

The Home Office is a United Kingdom government department, responsible for maintaining law and order through England and Wales.

Ministers as of 21 August 2003

• Secretary of State for the Home Department - Rt Hon David Blunkett MP
  • Minister of State (Crime Reduction, Policing and Community Safety) - Hazel Blears MP
  • Minister of State (Criminal Justice System and Law Reform) - Rt Hon The Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC
  • Minister of State (Citizenship, Immigration and Counter-Terrorism) - Beverley Hughes MP
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Tackling Drugs, Reducing Organised and International Crime) - Caroline Flint MP
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Race Equality, Community Policy and Civil Renewal) - Fiona Mactaggart MP
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Correctional Services and Reducing Reoffending) - Paul Goggins MP

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)

See also

• UK topics