Home Office

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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'''. The Permanent Secretary for the Home Department is Sir David Normington . The Home Office was started as a government act in 1948.

ORGANIZATION

Ministers as of 18 October 2005

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Permanent Under Secretaries of State of the Home Office

Sir David Normington 2006–

Sir John Gieve 2002–2006

Sir David Omand 1997–2002

Sir Richard Wilson 1994–1997

Sir Clive Whitmore 1988–1994

Sir Brian Cubbon 1979–1988

Sir Robert Armstong 1977–1979

Sir Arthur Peterson 1972–1977

Sir Philip Allen 1966–1972

Sir Charles Cunningham 1957–1966

Sir Frank Newsam 1948–1957

Sir Alexander Maxwell 1938–1948

Sir Russell Scott 1932–1938

Sir John Anderson 1922–1932

Sir Edward Troup 1908–1922

Sir Mackenzie Dalzell Chalmers 1903–1908

Sir Kenelm Digby 1895–1903

Sir David Lefmenn 1905–1943

Departmental Agencies

Assets Recovery Agency headed by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Crime, Security and Communities)

Criminal Records Bureau headed by the Minister of State (Criminal Justice and Offender Management)

Forensic Science Service headed by the Minister of State (Crime, Security and Communities)

HM Prison Service headed by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Criminal Justice and Offender Management)

Identity And Passport Service headed by the Minister of State (Immigration and Citizenship)

LOCATION

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From 1978 to 2004, the Home Office was located in a Brutalist concrete tower block in Queen Anne's Gate in Westminster , by St. James's Park Tube Station , although many functions were devolved to offices in other parts of London and the country. Notably, the headquarters of the Immigration And Nationality Directorate are in Croydon .

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 . The contract to build the new headquarters was a Public-private Partnership deal intended to last for around 29 years.

SEE ALSO

Home Office Large Major Enquiry System

UK Topics

John Gieve

EXTERNAL LINKS

Home Office —main website

Records created or inherited by the Home Office, Ministry of Home Security, and related bodies —gives a history of responsibilities of the Home Office, including which functions were merged into or transferred away from the Home Office

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