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Home Office

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HeadquartersLondon
United Kingdom
FoundedUnited Kingdom
Subsidiary HM Passport Office
Officeholders Brandon Lewis
Dominic Raab
Priti Patel
Jurisdiction United Kingdom
England and Wales
PredecessorsNational School of Government
National Policing Improvement Agency
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About Home Office


The Home Office is a ministerial department of Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for immigration, security and law and order. As such it is responsible for policing in England and Wales, fire and rescue services in England, and visas and immigration and the Security Service.

Chris Mason: Ministers in new bid to reduce immigration

Chris Mason: Ministers in new bid to reduce immigration
Dec 4,2023 7:11 am

... I am told relations between the Home Office and Downing Street are considerably improved since the sacking of former Home Secretary Suella Braverman...

Muriel McKay's daughter urges Met to let mother's killer find body

Muriel McKay's daughter urges Met to let mother's killer find body
Dec 2,2023 3:31 am

... She said the Home Office had delegated matters to the Met, who did not seem interested...

Pontins: Former holiday park giant shrinks further

Pontins: Former holiday park giant shrinks further
Dec 1,2023 12:21 pm

... Following speculation, the Home Office has clarified that the closed parks to house asylum seekers...

Belton House: Inquiry continues into country house assault death

Belton House: Inquiry continues into country house assault death
Dec 1,2023 8:41 am

... " Part of our investigation is around establishing the exact cause of death, which will be done following a formal Home Office post mortem examination at some point next week, " a force spokesperson said...

Asylum seekers: Home Office says more than 17,000 are missing

Asylum seekers: Home Office says more than 17,000 are missing
Nov 29,2023 10:01 am

...By Callum May & Suzanne LeighBBC NewsHome Office officials have admitted they do not know the whereabouts of more than 17,000 asylum seekers whose claims have been discontinued...

UK net migration in 2022 revised up to record 745,000

UK net migration in 2022 revised up to record 745,000
Nov 23,2023 9:21 am

... Home Office figures, also published on Thursday, showed hotel use reached a record high in September - despite a slight fall in the asylum backlog...

Households to be £1,900 poorer, says think tank

Households to be £1,900 poorer, says think tank
Nov 23,2023 4:21 am

... The chancellor managed to make these cuts at the expense of not raising public spending in line with the pace of general price rises, meaning departments such as justice, local government and the Home Office face a £17bn budget cut by 2027-28, it added...

Just Stop Oil: Rishi Sunak defends 'severe' jail sentences

Just Stop Oil: Rishi Sunak defends 'severe' jail sentences
Nov 21,2023 1:21 pm

... The Home Office said it had " responded" to the special rapporteur s letter...

Gender-neutral passports: Campaigner Christie Elan-Cane loses Supreme Court case

Nov 21,2023 8:41 am

A campaigner has lost a Supreme Court case challenging the Government 's refusal to issue gender neutral passports.

Christie Elan-Cane said the application process breaches Human Rights laws by not allowing an " X" option.

But applicants' gender was " a biographical detail which can be used to confirm their identity".

Christie Elan-Cane said the case will now go to the European Court of Human Rights .

The campaigner, who has called for legal recognition of non-gendered identity for decades, that the " UK Government and judicial system are on the wrong side of history" and " this is not the end".

Gender-neutral passports are already issued by Argentina, Australia, the US, Canada, Denmark, India, Malta, Nepal, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Pakistan, while Germany has introduced.

The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed Christie Elan-Cane's appeal, which came after the Home Office won an earlier ruling in The Court of Appeal.

Lord Reed, president of the Supreme Court , said in the ruling that gender could be checked against birth, adoption or gender recognition certificates as part of confirming an applicant's identity.

" It is therefore the gender recognised for legal purposes and recorded in those documents which is relevant, " He Said .

He Said Christie Elan-Cane's interest in having an " X" passport was outweighed by other considerations, including " maintaining a coherent approach across Government ".

" There is no legislation in the United Kingdom which recognises a non-gendered category of individuals, " He Said .

He Said legislation " across the statute book" assumes all people can be categorised in two sexes or genders - " terms which have been used interchangeably".

'False declaration'

At a hearing In July , Kate Gallafent QC, representing Christie Elan-Cane, told The Court non-gendered people and non-binary people have to make a false declaration to get a passport, which " strikes at The Foundation of the standards of honesty and integrity to be expected of such official processes".

But Lord Reed said while non-gendered identity may be central to Christie Elan-Cane's Private Life , the designation of an identity in a passport is not " a particularly important facet of the appellant's existence or identity".

Representing Her Majesty 's Passport Office - part of the Home Office - Sir James Eadie QC said it was " obviously problematic and highly undesirable" for only one part of Government to recognise non-binary or non-gendered identities.

He Said in written arguments it could lead to a person being treated as having one sex or gender by The Passport Office and a different one by other parts of Government .



Source of news: bbc.com

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